Antakya
Elevation 67 m36.20° N, 36.16° E
When to go?
Mean 10 °C, 13 rain days in the month (152 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 12 °C, 10 rain days in the month (106 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 15 °C, 10 rain days in the month (96 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 7 rain days in the month (63 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 4 rain days in the month (45 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 26 °C, 2 rain days in the month (15 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 30 °C, 1 rain day in the month (8 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, 4 rain days in the month (30 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 23 °C, 6 rain days in the month (61 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, 6 rain days in the month (80 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 10 rain days in the month (149 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are March–May, October–November. Avoid June–September (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.4 °C (cells at 290 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.0 °C; in the last ten years by +1.6 °C. Warmest year: 2018 (+2.1 °C), coldest: 1992 (−1.2 °C).
August and October warmed the most (+1.2 and +1.2 °C), April the least (+0.6 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 19 °C) begins 5 days earlier and ends 6 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −3 % every ten years.