Hot air balloons rising over the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia at sunrise
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Turkey by campervan: weather and best time

When to tour Turkey by campervan: temperatures, rainfall and the best season for each part of the country. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 18 September 2026

Weather

Weather

Turkey is at least six climates, and the right month depends entirely on where you are driving. The coasts and the interior are not the same country in weather terms. Antalya averages a daily high of 15 °C in January and 34 °C in July and August, while Nevşehir in Cappadocia, 1,000 metres up on the plateau, averages 4 °C in January and 29 °C in August. Both figures are Turkish state met office normals.

Dry rolling steppe and a distant village on the Anatolian plateau
The plateau. High, dry, and nothing like the coast you just left

The year by region: how it feels, how warm, how wet

Istanbul and ThraceIstanbul
10°89 mm
10°71 mm
12°62 mm
17°48 mm
22°33 mm
27°28 mm
30°22 mm
30°24 mm
26°40 mm
21°66 mm
16°78 mm
12°99 mm
Aegean coastİzmir
12°134 mm
14°101 mm
16°74 mm
21°46 mm
26°31 mm
31°13 mm
33°4 mm
33°6 mm
29°16 mm
24°44 mm
19°92 mm
14°146 mm
Turquoise coast and LyciaAntalya
15°226 mm
16°148 mm
18°91 mm
21°48 mm
26°33 mm
31°11 mm
34°5 mm
34°4 mm
31°17 mm
27°71 mm
21°128 mm
17°251 mm
Cappadocia and the plateauNevşehir
4°45 mm
6°41 mm
10°48 mm
16°50 mm
21°58 mm
25°38 mm
28°9 mm
29°8 mm
24°14 mm
18°28 mm
12°34 mm
6°48 mm
Black Sea coastTrabzon
11°83 mm
11°64 mm
12°60 mm
16°57 mm
19°53 mm
23°52 mm
26°37 mm
27°48 mm
24°79 mm
20°113 mm
17°99 mm
13°85 mm
The eastVan
2°36 mm
3°33 mm
7°47 mm
13°55 mm
19°46 mm
24°18 mm
28°6 mm
29°6 mm
24°15 mm
18°47 mm
10°47 mm
5°38 mm

BestWorkableToo hotCold or wetTop figure: average daily high. Below it: average rainfall for the month.

Figures are the Turkish state meteorological service's published normals for the named station: mean daily maximum in degrees Celsius and mean monthly precipitation in millimetres. The measurement periods differ by station and are long, from 1927 to 2025 at Trabzon and 1959 to 2025 at Nevşehir. A station reads its own valley, not a whole region, which is why the town is named on every row.