Datça weather by month
The best time to visit Datça is June, August and September — 94/100 in September, 30°C and 1 rainy day. The best season is summer, June to August (90/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 52/100 — cool, soaked, clean air. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Turkey →
Best season: June to August (90/100 on average) · worst January (52/100)
- Days
- 30°C
- Nights
- 23°C
- Wet days
- 1
- Sun
- 11.5 h
- Humidity
- 74%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Datça, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Datça is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Datça through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- January
- Winter open-sea swimming marathon8–25 Jan (usually)Festival
- Almond Blossom Festival28 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)Festival
- February
- Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)20–22 MarHoliday
- April
- Bodrum ferry season1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Season
- May
- Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)27–30 MayHoliday
- Meltemi season15 May – 15 Sep (usually)Season
Crowds in Datça in September
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.
BusySummer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Datça
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Turkish Aegean coast forum threads describe March as the hardest month to predict - a given week could bring a full stretch of cloudy days with showers, or non-stop sunshine, or something in between, with wind a notable factor for anyone timing an outdoor activity. Posters compared it to January but with longer days and stronger sun, meaning more days lean toward pleasant than not even though real rain is still possible. One detail specific to Datça and this stretch of coast: the sea stays genuinely chilly through spring, not warming up properly until closer to summer, so March visitors shouldn't expect swimming weather even on a sunny day.
Forum posters name September as one of the best months to visit this stretch of Turkey's Aegean coast - warm but not as intense as July-August, with the sea at its warmest point of the year and evenings turning noticeably cooler than peak summer. Posters describe the region's rains as reliably stopping around May and not returning until the very end of September or into October, making September itself typically dry throughout. Posters consistently praise Datca's beaches, bays and scenery, with autumn specifically singled out as an especially attractive time for the peninsula's quieter coves once the summer crowds thin.
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