Alanya, Turkey

If you're planning a coastal escape, Alanya deserves a close look. This Turkey destination lies in the Mediterranean basin, and its climate record peaks at a 99/100 sun score in June — 29°C afternoons under 12% average cloud cover.

Across a typical year, afternoon temperatures swing between 15°C (January) and 32°C (July). The wet–dry contrast is pronounced: 43% rain-day odds in January against 3% in July. The genuinely warm window — average highs of 24°C or better — covers May–October.

Averaged by season, sun scores land at 87 for spring, 95 for summer, 93 for autumn and 56 for winter — with typical afternoons of 21°, 31°, 26° and 16°C respectively. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep autumn as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 56). A practical compromise is May — the edge of the warm window, averaging 25°C with a 97 sun score.

Best months to visit Alanya

Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is June at 99/100, then September at 98 and May at 97. In practice you have flexibility — March–November all stay above a 70 sun score. Skip January if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 48/100.

Put against its 109 mediterranean peers in June, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 56% of them.

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The live forecast backs this up: of the next 15 days, 7 look mostly clear and one carries meaningful rain risk, in a 8–23°C band. Today's cached sun score is 84/100.