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When to go to Antakya
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Antakya has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April to June, October and November.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in April to June and October.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): July to September.
- The warmest month is July (34°C) and the coolest January (11°C). The wettest is December (123 mm) and the driest July (4 mm); about 624 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCool
- FebCool
- MarCool
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptHot
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecCool
Month by month
Every month in Antakya
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | 2°C | 121 mm | 82% | 63% | 2.2 | 23°C | Cool |
| February | 13°C | 3°C | 93 mm | 81% | 61% | 3 | 24°C | Cool |
| March | 17°C | 6°C | 59 mm | 77% | 54% | 4.5 | 27°C | Cool |
| April | 21°C | 10°C | 41 mm | 72% | 49% | 5.8 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 29 mm | 66% | 37% | 7 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 14 mm | 62% | 18% | 7.9 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 34°C | 21°C | 4 mm | 62% | 15% | 7.8 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 8 mm | 65% | 16% | 7 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 23 mm | 64% | 18% | 5.8 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 27°C | 15°C | 42 mm | 62% | 34% | 4.1 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 19°C | 8°C | 67 mm | 68% | 45% | 2.9 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 13°C | 3°C | 123 mm | 78% | 57% | 2.1 | 25°C | Cool |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Adana114 kmGood for going: March to May, October and November
- Tarsus138 kmGood for going: March to May, October and November
- Gaziantep145 kmGood for going: April, May and October
- Mersin151 kmGood for going: May to October
- Kahramanmaraş168 kmGood for going: April to June, September and October
- Adıyaman256 kmGood for going: May, June, September and October
- Sanliurfa258 kmGood for going: April, May and October
- Beirut264 kmGood for going: April to November
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