If you are buying property in Turkey the Turkey Climate and Weather Guide provides useful climate information. Turkey extends for 1,600 km from west to east and has a varied climate. A small part of the country, Turkish Thrace is positioned in Europe, with the rest, Anatolia or Asia Minor, in Asia.
The interior plateau has low rainfall and cold winters. Except at higher levels, summers are warm or even hot with occasional thunderstorms. Winter precipitation is mainly snow and towards the east, Kars, may lie for three to four months.
The coastal regions have much milder winters and snow is rare. Turkish Thrace, around Istanbul and the Black Sea coast, is a little colder in winter than the west and south coasts. The Black Sea coast has some rain all the year round and east of Samsun this becomes heavy in the summer and autumn. Summers here are warm and humid and the weather is often changeable and cloudy.
South of Istanbul the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts have a typical Mediterranean climate with dry and hot summers. Izmir is typical of weather conditions. Midwinter is the rainy season when most of the disturbed weather occurs.
Except for the eastern part of the Black Sea coastlands, most of Turkey has a very sunny climate even in winter. Average daily sunshine is between three to four hours in midwinter and as much as twelve to thirteen hours in summer.
Although summer temperatures are high, this is tempered by the low humidity inland and the sea breezes along the coast. Occasionally the nights may be sticky and humid on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.
The hottest and driest area of Turkey in summer is the low lying plain at the foot of the Taurus Mountains along the border with Syria. Here conditions are typical of the Middle East being semi arid with only winter rain.
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