Bodrum, Turkey

Set on the Mediterranean, Bodrum (Turkey) is best understood through its weather data: our 2015–2024 climate record puts its peak at a 99/100 sun score in June, exactly the kind of reliability you want for a sand-and-sea holiday.

July is the heat peak, averaging 34°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around 9°C. The wet–dry contrast is pronounced: 44% rain-day odds in January against 1% in July. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on May–October.

Averaged by season, sun scores land at 89 for spring, 90 for summer, 92 for autumn and 59 for winter — with typical afternoons of 21°, 32°, 25° and 15°C respectively. Autumn wins on the numbers and winter loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds. A practical compromise is October — the edge of the warm window, averaging 25°C with a 93 sun score.

Best months to visit Bodrum

Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is June at 99/100, then May at 98 and September at 98. Anything in March–November clears our 70-point reliability bar. Skip January if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 51/100.

For context: in June, Bodrum is drier than 68% of the mediterranean destinations we track.

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Right now the 15-day outlook shows 6 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and 2 with real rain risk, with temperatures between 7°C and 22°C — which is how Bodrum earns its current 80/100 sun score.