Climate and average weather in Ölüdeniz

In Ölüdeniz, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.

Best: early September to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ölüdeniz typically varies from 6°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 2°C or above 35°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Ölüdeniz for warm-weather activities are from mid April to late June and early September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
32°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jan
153 mm
Driest
Jul
3 mm
Rain / yr
728 mm
75 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
36.6°N
Clearest
Jul
5% cloud

Ölüdeniz is mahalle (administrative quarter) in Fethiye, Muğla, southwestern Turkey.

Density
1/km²
people per km²

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

Ölüdeniz 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 early September to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 9 to September 25, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in Ölüdeniz is July, with an average high of 32°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 3.8 months, from November 30 to March 25, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Ölüdeniz is January, with an average low of 6°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan136
Feb146
Mar168
Apr1911
May2415
Jun2919
Jul3222
Aug3222
Sep2919
Oct2415
Nov1911
Dec157

How hot and cold Ölüdeniz 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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Ölüdeniz feels like about 33°C (around August 7). About 34 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan131346
Feb141456
Mar161678
Apr19191011
May24241515
Jun28291919
Jul32322222
Aug32322222
Sep29291919
Oct24241515
Nov19191011
Dec151567

Average hourly temperature in Ölüdeniz

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 July afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Ölüdeniz weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 15311.89.83.6
Feb14° / 1079.810.64.1
Mar16° / 758.911.75.4
Apr19° / 11°497.812.96.8
May24° / 15°315.313.98.2
Jun29° / 19°82.914.47.4
Jul32° / 22°30.914.25.7
Aug32° / 22°51.413.45.7
Sep29° / 19°152.112.27.6
Oct24° / 15°555.411.18.2
Nov19° / 11°876.910.16.8
Dec15° / 13911.49.54.4

Chance of rain

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

Ölüdeniz gets about 728 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.6 months, from around Nov 11 to Apr 28, peaking in December at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 6.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 153 mm over about 12 wet days; July is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 28 · 39%Jul 6 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3712
Feb3510
Mar299
Apr268
May175
Jun103
Jul31
Aug41
Sep72
Oct175
Nov247
Dec3611

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ölüdeniz collects about 728 mm of rain across 75 wet days — roughly 61 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 153 mm, while July is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 55% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec153107754931835155587139
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan15312
Feb10710
Mar759
Apr498
May315
Jun83
Jul31
Aug51
Sep152
Oct555
Nov877
Dec13911

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ölüdeniz, 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 6 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 24. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 25 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around May 5. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 41% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 25 · 100%Jan 1 · 58%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5941
Feb6139
Mar6931
Apr7327
May8317
Jun955
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep973
Oct8416
Nov7030
Dec6040

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 12, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:205:05
Feb10.67:005:36
Mar11.76:226:04
Apr12.95:366:32
May13.95:016:58
Jun14.44:497:18
Jul14.25:017:17
Aug13.45:256:50
Sep12.25:516:05
Oct11.16:175:20
Nov10.16:484:49
Dec9.57:144:45

Sunny days

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

Ölüdeniz averages about 21 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 13 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around May 12 to Oct 19. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 14 sunny days — about 55% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1030 daysDec 2713 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan14Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar16Bright
Apr17Bright
May22Bright
Jun27Brilliant
Jul31Brilliant
Aug30Brilliant
Sep28Brilliant
Oct22Bright
Nov17Bright
Dec14Mixed

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 Ölüdeniz, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around June 6 to October 3. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 79% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 4 to June 5, 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 3 · 100%Aug 7 · 16%muggycomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr973000
May6136300
Jun22443030
Jul72644212
Aug31842334
Sep193437100
Oct5437900
Nov928000
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 Ölüdeniz is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmFeb 3 · 7 km/hOct 28 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Ölüdeniz

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Ölüdeniz's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Ölüdeniz

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early November, Ölüdeniz 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 times of year to visit Ölüdeniz for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid April to late June and again from early September to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 21 · 8.4

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
Jan3.7fair
Feb4.1fair
Mar5.4fair
Apr6.8good
May8.2ideal
Jun7.4good
Jul5.7good
Aug5.7good
Sep7.6ideal
Oct8.2ideal
Nov6.8good
Dec4.5fair

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 Ölüdeniz for hot-weather activities is from late May to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 9 · 9.2

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 Ölüdeniz, 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 July (highs near 32°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Ölüdeniz sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Ölüdeniz

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 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in March near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 15 to Dec 8 — about 6.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr18Cool
May20Refreshing
Jun23Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct24Warm
Nov22Refreshing
Dec19Cool

UV index (midday) in Ölüdeniz 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 Ölüdeniz peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Ölüdeniz

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 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
Feb1.50
Mar40
Apr73.5
May7.54.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep73.5
Oct50
Nov1.50
Dec00

Air quality in Ölüdeniz 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 Ölüdeniz is worst in May — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1420 µg/m³Dec 1810 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Ölüdeniz is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan990
Feb990
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

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. Ölüdeniz banks about 2,837 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb5
Mar57
Apr148
May286
Jun412
Jul524
Aug527
Sep414
Oct294
Nov142
Dec29

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.

Ölüdeniz receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 7.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 27. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 307.9 kWhDec 222.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar5.0Bright
Apr6.2Intense
May7.1Intense
Jun7.8Intense
Jul7.8Intense
Aug7.0Intense
Sep5.8Bright
Oct4.3Bright
Nov3.0Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Ölüdeniz?

Ölüdeniz sits at 36.6°N, 29.1°E, 0 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Fethiye, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Ölüdeniz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ölüdeniz has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,575 m around an average of 495 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,957 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,986 m.

The land around Ölüdeniz is covered by trees (78%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and water (31%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,575 m
16 km
1,957 m
80 km
2,986 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Fethiye 8.0 km · Dalaman 38 km · Sarigerme 43 km · Ortaca 45 km · Kas 60 km · Elmalı 71 km · Rhodes 84 km · Marmaris 84 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 Ölüdeniz (36.5667°, 29.1447°, elevation 0 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).