Погода: Бодрум, апрель

April is the quiet end of the Ephesus year - November through April sees relatively few visitors - and the cruise season only starts around the middle of the month, so in April a handful of ships call at Kusadasi rather than the fleet that arrives in summer. Regulars say the site can be seen properly then, which June to September does not allow. The timing advice still holds: the coaches from the ships reach Ephesus from about half past ten, so an early start is the whole trick, and by late April the sun is already strong enough to make that worth doing on its own account. The record for Selcuk: 22.2C days that feel like 21C, 11.4C nights, 5.8 precipitation days carrying 44.1mm and 11.3 hours of sun.

Regulars are specific this month splits into two real halves - the first ten days typically warm by day and only mildly cool by evening, while mid-to-late October turns genuinely mixed, some days still sunny enough for the beach and others bringing cloud, a wet spell or even a storm. Our row backs that mild, genuinely dry read, 25.5C over 18.9C nights feeling 20C, with rain light at 41.6mm across 3.7 days and humidity at 71 percent. Regulars are consistent evenings turn cooler mainly because of the wind rather than the air temperature alone, a jacket worth packing regardless of how warm a given afternoon feels. This remains meaningfully quieter and more enjoyable than the crowded summer months. The sea sits at a warm, swimmable 25C. The record: 9.8 hours of sun, a 17.4 kph wind and AQI 43.

Bodrum-forum threads asking about the off-season are candid that January is genuinely quiet - both the town and the weather. Posters split into two camps: some call it a fairly grim, grey, wet month not worth the trip, while others say plainly they love Bodrum in winter, mentioning a late-December-into-January stay they'd happily repeat. What both camps agree on: daytime temperatures stay mild enough for a coat-and-scarf walk around Bodrum Castle, even if evenings turn properly chilly and the wind off the sea adds a real bite. Regulars call the castle museum and town-center shopping solid options regardless of the sky, since neither depends on beach weather. The overall framing is realistic rather than discouraging: expect grey skies and occasional rain, plan indoor-friendly activities as backup. The record: 15.8C days feeling like 13C, 9.7C nights, a notably high 193mm across 13.6 days, a 18.3C sea, 70 percent humidity and 7.6 hours of sun.

Bodrum-forum threads on early-to-mid July weather agree on the shape even if the exact numbers shift between trips: properly hot days in the low-to-mid 30s Celsius, nights that barely cool below the high 20s some visitors report, and strong enough sun that posters call sun protection non-negotiable rather than optional. July and August together are described simply as hot and very busy - genuine high season, crowded regardless of how the weather itself turns out. The record: 32.4C days feeling like a sticky 36C, 25.4C nights, essentially none at all, a 24.2C sea, 66 percent humidity and 13.4 hours of sun - the driest, sunniest stretch of Bodrum's whole calendar.

June is the month Bodrum regulars recommend over the peak, on the grounds that July and August are genuinely too hot for a lot of people. Their June figure is around 30C and not normally above it, which our row's 29.7C matches, reading as 32C. It is also the calmer end of the season: Turkish holidaymakers begin arriving as the schools break around mid-June, so the second half is busier than the first, but the town is not yet overrun. The one thing to temper is the sea. Our row puts it at 22.2C, which some early-June visitors describe as a bit cold even while the pools are fine. The record: 23C nights, 2 precipitation days carrying 10.2mm and 13.5 hours of sun.