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Antakya in October

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Antakya is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Antakya is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
11h 10mon average

Is October a good time to visit Antakya?

A good month, just outside Antakya's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or November.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in October, against 59°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in October, against 15°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

24% of days in October, against 4% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

29% cover in October, against 4% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

11h 10m in October, against 9h 44m to 14h 35m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September92°33°low 70°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October86°30°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November73°23°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Antakya sits, in October

Europe/Istanbul
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:41 AMsets 6:01 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.