Climate averages 1991–2020
Antakya weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Antakya: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (22 km away). In April its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Antakya, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Antakya ranks joint 2nd of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 58th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Antakya is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Antakya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 107 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 103 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 87 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 56 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 33 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.3 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 42 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 63 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 103 | 11.0 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Samandağ in AprilTurkey · 22 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AprilTurkey · 33 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 75 mm rain
- İskenderun in AprilTurkey · 42 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Idlib in AprilSyria · 53 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Latakia in AprilSyria · 82 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Aleppo in AprilSyria · 90 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AprilTurkey · 96 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Osmaniye in AprilTurkey · 97 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 99 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Antakya) is explained once on the Antakya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.