Best time to visit Bursa
Turkey · Middle East
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Bursa
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- JanJBursa in January: ok
- FebFBursa in February: ok
- MarMBursa in March: ok
- AprABursa in April: good
- MayMBursa in May: good
- JunJBursa in June: sweet spot
- JulJBursa in July: good
- AugABursa in August: good
- SepSBursa in September: good
- OctOBursa in October: good
- NovNBursa in November: ok, busy
- DecDBursa in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Bursa
- Uludağ Mountain in Bursa, Turkey
- Muradiye Complex This was commissioned by Sultan Murad II and the mosque, which is fairly simple, was completed in 1426.
- Grand Mosque This was built by Sultan Beyazid and completed in 1399.
- Green Mosque This mosque was built 1419 to 1424 at the behest of Sultan Mehmed I Çelebi, who re-united the Ottomans after their fratricidal wars.
- Cumalıkızık Mahalle (administrative quarter) in Yıldırım, Bursa, northwestern Turkey
- Beyazid I Mosque Bayezid I built this religious complex in the 1390s, with mosque and madrassah.
- Irgandı Bridge Bridge in Bursa, Turkey
Tours and tickets in Bursa
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Bursa), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10° | 11d | 76% | 6.1h | ok | 10C max, 11 rainy days |
| Feb | 12° | 9d | 75% | 7.1h | ok | 12C max, 9 rainy days |
| Mar | 14° | 10d | 74% | 8.2h | ok | 14C max, 10 rainy days |
| Apr | 18° | 9d | 71% | 10.0h | good | 18C max, 9 rainy days |
| May | 23° | 10d | 69% | 11.7h | good | 23C max, 10 rainy days |
| Jun | 28° | 5d | 64% | 13.1h | sweet spot | 28C max, 5 rainy days |
| Jul | 31° | 2d | 58% | 13.6h | good | 31C max, 2 rainy days |
| Aug | 32° | 1d | 60% | 12.8h | good | 32C max, 1 rainy day |
| Sep | 27° | 4d | 64% | 11.1h | good | 27C max, 4 rainy days |
| Oct | 21° | 7d | 72% | 9.2h | good | 21C max, 7 rainy days |
| Nov | 17° | 7d | 74% | 7.7h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 13° | 10d | 78% | 6.0h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the old town (Ulu Cami), 42 km from the airport (YEI): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Bursa's July days now average 31.2°C, 3.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 9.0° | 9.3° | 13.0° | 18.8° | 22.5° | 26.3° | 28.0° | 28.3° | 25.7° | 19.9° | 14.5° | 11.4° |
| 2017–26 | 10.4° | 11.8° | 14.2° | 18.4° | 22.9° | 28.0° | 31.2° | 31.6° | 27.2° | 21.5° | 17.2° | 12.9° |
| Change | +1.4° | +2.4° | +1.2° | -0.4° | +0.3° | +1.7° | +3.2° | +3.2° | +1.4° | +1.6° | +2.7° | +1.6° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Pendik, Istanbul (SAW), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Pendik, Istanbul.
| Pendik, Istanbul (SAW) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Istanbul (IST) | the drive is not measured yet |
| Yenişehir (YEI) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Bursa is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Bursa, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Turkish lira. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Turkey: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards are widely accepted in cities, often with a PIN; carry lira for dolmuş minibuses, street food, markets, small shops and tips.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — About 5-10% in restaurants, left in cash because tips cannot go on a card; let taxi drivers keep the change.
Getting around Bursa
- Apps — Rides: BiTaksi, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. Uber and BiTaksi book licensed taxis.
There is an extensive bus and dolmuş network. The dolmuşes in Bursa look like standard white cars with a sign on the roof, rather than minibuses. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Bursa, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (10)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey/getting-help
- uber.com/global/en/cities/istanbul
- roughguides.com/turkey/travel-tips
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbulkart
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Turkey
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Istanbul
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Bursa in pictures
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Bursa Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mysia Bithynia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Bursa is like
Bursa is a large city in the Southern Marmara region of Turkey, 20 km inland from the Marmara coast. It's the country's fourth-largest city, with a population of 2,161,990 in 2021, and with another million living in the wider metro area. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Most museums are branches of Bursa Müze and are free, but closed Monday. He then suffered a calamitous defeat by Timur, who wrecked it, and later the Karamansids wrecked it some more. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Hamams: The hamam/thermal baths are a staple of Turkish culture, and some of the best and most storied ones in the entire country can be found in Bursa. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- International visitors usually arrive via one of the Istanbul airports. Sabiha Gökçen (SAW IATA) the Asia-side airport has many European and domestic flights. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Bursa is a safe city. Take usual care with traffic and valuables. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Bursa, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Bursa
Also in Turkey
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- Cappadocia best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Edirne best Jun, Sep, Oct
- Ephesus best Apr, May, Oct
- Istanbul best Apr, Aug, Sep
- Konya best Apr, Jun, Sep
- Pamukkale best Apr, May, Nov
- Trabzon best Apr, Jun, Jul
- İzmir best Apr, May, Jun
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Kind of place
Bursa is in Turkey, Middle East. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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