Climate averages 1991–2020
Antakya weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Antakya: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (22 km away). In February its highs average 15.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Antakya, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Antakya ranks joint 4th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 118th of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Antakya is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Samandağ in FebruaryTurkey · 22 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in FebruaryTurkey · 33 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 124 mm rain
- İskenderun in FebruaryTurkey · 42 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Idlib in FebruarySyria · 53 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Latakia in FebruarySyria · 82 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Aleppo in FebruarySyria · 90 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Ceyhan in FebruaryTurkey · 96 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Osmaniye in FebruaryTurkey · 97 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 102 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.