According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Turkey is April to May and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Turkey
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Turkey is best for
Historic mosques and bustling bazaars in Istanbul, rich Ottoman cuisine, and scenic Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Turkey by month
Monthly averages around Istanbul; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 6 °C | some rain (75 mm) |
| February | about 6 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| March | about 9 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| April best | about 12 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| May best | about 17 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| June | about 22 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| July | about 25 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| August | about 26 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| September best | about 22 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| October best | about 17 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| November | about 12 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| December | about 8 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Turkey
- Capital
- Ankara
- Language
- Turkish
- Currency
- Turkish Lira (TRY)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +90
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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