Bursa weather in October
October in Bursa: nice, a little rain, with clean air — one of the best months to visit.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#2 of 12 months in Bursa · #159 of 1413 destinations to visit in October · comfort 89/100 (tier A)
- Days
- 23°C
- Nights
- 11°C
- Wet days
- 7
- Sun
- 8.4 h
- Humidity
- 78%
- Daylight
- 11 h

Traveller notes on Bursa in October
Notes from nearby Istanbul (91 km away)
Bursa doesn't have its own notes for October yet — these are about Istanbul, close enough to share the season.
Istanbul's forum draws a real distinction within October — early in the month it's often close to ideal, warm days and cool nights with most of summer's tourists gone, while late October trends cooler and wetter, roughly a one-in-five daily chance of rain overall. Regulars' consistent advice is thin layers — t-shirt, cardigan, waterproof jacket — since experiences even in the same week can range from t-shirt weather to three rainy days out of five.
Other months in Bursa
Forum posters cite last-week-of-November temperatures around 12C by day and 5C at night in Bursa, with semi-cloudy, sometimes sunny conditions, and describe the weather generally as unstable and cold enough to warrant real warm layers and a jacket. Posters are direct that any rain in Bursa itself likely means snow up at nearby Uludağ, with snowfall in the city proper typically not arriving until closer to year's end. Posters consistently recommend Bursa's mosques and Ottoman-era sultan tombs as worthwhile sightseeing regardless of the cool, changeable weather, given its history as an early Ottoman capital. Posters generally rate November as a cool, unpredictable but genuinely worthwhile time to visit Bursa, with the funicular up Uludağ a real winter-scenery bonus for anyone visiting later in the month.
Forum posters name May (alongside September-October) among the best times to visit Turkey broadly - pleasant spring temperatures for sightseeing, ahead of summer's intense heat, and notably drier than April's showery pattern, with only occasional light, scattered rain by comparison. Layering is the standard advice given how much climate varies by region and elevation across the country. Bursa specifically is called an easy day trip from Istanbul - ferry to Yalova then bus, or a direct ferry from Kabataş to Mudanya - with the historic Silk Bazaar named as the highlight most posters build a visit around.
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Bursa climate normals — October
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Bursa in October
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusyRepublic Day, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Bursa's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Best weatherBursa's best weather comes in May, September and October — separate windows, not one continuous season.
October includes Chestnut harvest.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Bursa in October
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Nature
Chestnut harvest
1 Oct – 30 Nov · usuallyThe chestnut woods on the lower slopes of Uludağ are picked out and the confectioners in the old town start turning them into kestane şekeri. It is the thing people take home from Bursa.
- Holiday
Republic Day
27–30 OctNational holidayClosuresCrowdedThe 29th of October gives Turkey a long weekend, and Bursa is close enough to Istanbul to absorb a lot of it. Thermal hotels in Çekirge are the first thing to sell out. Source ↗
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Bursa — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Bursa?
Bursa in October — FAQ
- Is October a good time to visit Bursa?
- October in Bursa: nice, a little rain, with clean air — one of the best months to visit. It ranks #2 of 12 months for Bursa on SeasonMap's comfort score (89/100).
- What is the weather like in Bursa in October?
- In October, Bursa averages a daily high of 22.5°C and a low of 10.8°C, with about 57 mm of rain over roughly 7.4 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Bursa in October?
- Bursa has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 35 in October.
Within 300 km: Izmir's Sea warm enough to swim around 10 Jun – 20 Oct, and Uludağ's Beech forest turns around 15 Oct – 20 Nov.