Climate averages 1991–2020
Antakya weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Antakya: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (22 km away). In September its highs average 30.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Antakya, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Antakya ranks joint 18th of 138 for the warmest September highs and joint 55th of 138 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 138 cities is 27.1°C; Antakya is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Samandağ in SeptemberTurkey · 22 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in SeptemberTurkey · 33 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- İskenderun in SeptemberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Idlib in SeptemberSyria · 53 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Latakia in SeptemberSyria · 82 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Aleppo in SeptemberSyria · 90 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ceyhan in SeptemberTurkey · 96 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Osmaniye in SeptemberTurkey · 97 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 31 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.