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Antakya in January

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Antakya is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 41°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Antakya is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 5°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
41°F5°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
10h 00mon average

Is January a good time to visit Antakya?

January sits outside Antakya's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or November. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 59°F in January, against 59°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in January, against 15°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in January, against 4% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in January, against 4% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

10h 00m in January, against 9h 44m to 14h 35m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December62°17°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January59°15°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February61°16°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Antakya sits, in January

Europe/Istanbul
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:46 AMsets 5:42 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cappadocia (Göreme)296 km north-west

The land around Antakya, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Turkey in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Antakya

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Antakya. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (214 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (214 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.