Climate and average weather in Hendek

In Hendek, the summers are warm, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: mid May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Hendek typically varies from -1°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 31°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Hendek for warm-weather activities is from mid May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
-1°
Wettest
Dec
103 mm
Driest
Jul
39 mm
Rain / yr
941 mm
135 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
185 m
40.8°N
Clearest
Jul
32% cloud
Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 35.1 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Hendek weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Hendek, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from June 1 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Hendek is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 17°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from December 2 to March 6, with daily high temperatures below 10°C. The coldest month of the year in Hendek is January, with an average low of -1°C and high of 6°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in September.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan6-1
Feb80
Mar112
Apr166
May2010
Jun2414
Jul2616
Aug2717
Sep2413
Oct199
Nov144
Dec81

How hot and cold Hendek really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -4°C (around January 28), with roughly 98 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan66-3-1
Feb88-30
Mar111102
Apr161646
May20201010
Jun24241414
Jul27261616
Aug27271617
Sep24241313
Oct191999
Nov131434
Dec88-11

Average hourly temperature in Hendek

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -1°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Hendek weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°9813.68.79.40.6
Feb / -0°8913.57.210.41.2
Mar11° / 10014.15.511.72.6
Apr16° / 8412.71.413.14.6
May20° / 10°8813.1014.26.0
Jun24° / 14°7911.4014.97.0
Jul26° / 16°397.1014.67.5
Aug27° / 17°426.7013.67.5
Sep24° / 13°588.7012.37.4
Oct19° / 8610.50.110.96.1
Nov14° / 769.92.39.73.9
Dec / 10313.76.39.11.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Hendek gets about 941 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.1 months, from around Nov 24 to Apr 27, peaking in February at about 49% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 31.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 103 mm over about 14 wet days; July is the driest, with 39 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 19 · 49%Jul 31 · 20%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4314
Feb4814
Mar4714
Apr4213
May4113
Jun3811
Jul247
Aug227
Sep289
Oct3311
Nov3410
Dec4414

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Hendek collects about 941 mm of rain across 135 wet days — roughly 78 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 103 mm, while July is the driest at just 39 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec98891008488793942588676103
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan98149
Feb89147
Mar100146
Apr84131
May88130
Jun79110
Jul3970
Aug4270
Sep5890
Oct86110
Nov76102
Dec103146

Snow in Hendek

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Hendek averages about 32 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 30 to Apr 26 — about 5.9 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 8 days of snow and an estimated 38 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 174 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 29
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan938
Feb746
Mar634
Apr16
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov210
Dec640

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Hendek, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 7 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around October 9. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 81% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 10 and lasts for 6.9 months, ending around May 6. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 67% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 31 · 83%Feb 20 · 31%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3565
Feb3367
Mar3565
Apr4357
May5545
Jun7030
Jul8020
Aug8119
Sep6832
Oct5050
Nov4456
Dec3565

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.47:254:48
Feb10.47:005:23
Mar11.76:175:57
Apr13.15:256:30
May14.24:457:01
Jun14.94:307:25
Jul14.64:437:22
Aug13.65:126:50
Sep12.35:435:59
Oct10.96:155:09
Nov9.76:524:33
Dec9.17:214:26

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Hendek averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.0 months, from around May 8 to Oct 6. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is March, down near 7 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the July peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 3120 daysMar 66 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr8Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun16Bright
Jul20Bright
Aug20Bright
Sep15Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov9Mixed
Dec7Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Hendek, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.7 months, from around June 2 to September 21. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 73% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 22 to June 1, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 5 · 100%Aug 6 · 17%muggycomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr982000
May6630500
Jun17413570
Jul32446252
Aug52241302
Sep35382340
Oct8018300
Nov1000000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Hendek is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJan 30 · 7 km/hMay 25 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Best time to visit Hendek

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Hendek throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early October, Hendek is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Hendek for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 11 · 7.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.6poor
Feb1.2poor
Mar2.6poor
Apr4.6fair
May6.1good
Jun6.9good
Jul7.5ideal
Aug7.5ideal
Sep7.4good
Oct6.1good
Nov3.8fair
Dec1.3poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Hendek for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 7.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Hendek, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 6°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Hendek sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Hendek

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 11 to Oct 11 — about 4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr11Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct20Cool
Nov15Cool
Dec11Bracing

UV index (midday) in Hendek by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hendek peaks around August 9 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowAug 9UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Hendek

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar2.50
Apr6.52
May7.53.5
Jun8.55
Jul85
Aug85
Sep5.50
Oct3.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Hendek by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Hendek is worst in March — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 27 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Hendek's WHO annual average of 35.1 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 2448 µg/m³Dec 2127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb33Moderate
Mar48Poor
Apr48Poor
May48Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul30Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Hendek typically lasts about 307 days, from around February 19 to December 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 8 to November 12.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1950%Apr 890%Nov 1290%Dec 2250%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4131
Feb4728
Mar7131
Apr947
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov8617
Dec5731

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Hendek banks about 1,534 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr27
May156
Jun264
Jul347
Aug362
Sep249
Oct125
Nov4
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Hendek receives about 4.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.6 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 26 to Sep 23. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.6 kWh/m² — roughly 76% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 26.9 kWhDec 191.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb2.7Moderate
Mar3.8Moderate
Apr5.1Bright
May6.0Bright
Jun6.7Intense
Jul6.8Intense
Aug6.0Intense
Sep4.6Bright
Oct3.1Moderate
Nov2.2Moderate
Dec1.6Dim

Where is Hendek?

Hendek sits at 40.8°N, 30.7°E, 185 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Akyazı, 17 km away.

Topography around Hendek

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Hendek.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hendek has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 437 m around an average of 203 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,509 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,935 m.

The land around Hendek is covered by trees (70%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
437 m
16 km
1,509 m
80 km
1,935 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Akyazı 17 km · Ferizli 27 km · Adapazarı 29 km · Kocaali 30 km · Karasu Mahallesi 30 km · Karasu 34 km · Düzce 35 km · Sapanca 42 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$18,599
2025
Happiness
5.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
3.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 488
Religion
Muslim 100%other 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Hendek (40.7994°, 30.7481°, elevation 185 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).