Fethiye (Oludeniz) weather by month
The best time to visit Fethiye (Oludeniz) is June, September and October — 96/100 in September, 32°C and 4 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (92/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 64/100 — cool, rainy, clean air. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: June to August (92/100 on average) · worst January (64/100)
- Days
- 32°C
- Nights
- 22°C
- Wet days
- 4
- Sun
- 11.5 h
- Humidity
- 60%
- Daylight
- 12 h
Fethiye, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Fethiye 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 Fethiye through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- February
- Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)20–22 MarHoliday
- March
- Lycian Way, spring15 Mar – 31 May (usually)Season
- May
- Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)27–30 MayHoliday
- Blue cruise season1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Season
- June
- Swimming season15 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)Season
- September
- Lycian Way, autumn20 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)Season
- October
- Ölüdeniz Air Games14–25 Oct (usually)Festival
- November
- The coast shuts15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Season
Crowds in Fethiye 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.
Peak crowdsSwimming season, Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Fethiye
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Visas & entry
A traveler paragliding from Babadağ mountain above Ölüdeniz, consistently rated among the best paragliding sites in the world at roughly 1,957m launch height, admits she wasn't scared of the flight itself but genuinely frightened by the takeoff moment - essentially having to run off the edge of the mountain in tandem with an instructor before the wind catches the glider. Once airborne, she describes the flight as genuinely breathtaking, with sweeping views over Ölüdeniz's turquoise lagoon, the coastline and surrounding mountains during a leisurely descent all the way down to the beach. She notes the drive up to the launch point takes about 40 minutes from the beach and is generally relaxed and scenic in its own right, worth treating as part of the experience rather than just transit. Posters generally rate the takeoff run as the single most nerve-wracking few seconds of the whole activity, with the actual flight itself far calmer and more scenic than the anxious anticipation beforehand suggests.
Traveller notes on Fethiye
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Fethiye's forum describes March as genuinely warm in direct sun but noticeably cold in the shade, since the mountains behind town are still snow-capped this time of year - one poster specifically flagged that contrast as catching visitors off guard. It's considered an excellent month for exploring the Lycian ruins under clear blue skies without summer heat or crowds, but the sea itself is still too cold for swimming and pools aren't heated yet. An odd rainstorm can roll through, so pack layers rather than committing to shorts and a t-shirt all day.
Forum posters describe September as lovely and very popular - not as scorching as July/August but still warm, with sea and pools fully warmed up from the summer and ideal for swimming. By late September, posters report daytime highs still reaching the mid-30sC in some years, bearable rather than oppressive, while nights cool down enough that evening layers become worth packing. Brief rain is possible but posters say it typically passes quickly with conditions returning to hot and sunny shortly after. Overall, forum consensus consistently ranks September among the best months to visit Fethiye specifically for the combination of warm beach weather and thinning summer crowds.
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