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Best time to visit Konya
Turkey · Middle East
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Konya
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- JanJKonya in January: avoid
- FebFKonya in February: ok
- MarMKonya in March: ok
- AprAKonya in April: sweet spot
- MayMKonya in May: good
- JunJKonya in June: sweet spot
- JulJKonya in July: good, busy
- AugAKonya in August: good, busy
- SepSKonya in September: sweet spot
- OctOKonya in October: good
- NovNKonya in November: good
- DecDKonya in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Konya
- Mevlana Museum Museum dedicated to the poet Rumi, including Rumi's tomb
- Sille Mahalle (administrative quarter) in Selçuklu, Konya, central Turkey
- Seljuk palace of Konya Palace in Konya, Turkey
- Butterfly Garden A butterfly house with tropical butterfly and plant species.
- Konya Archaeological Museum Museum in Konya, Turkey
- Iplikçi Mosque 13th-century Seljuk-era mosque in Konya, Turkey
- Saint Amphilochius Former church in present-day Turkey
Tours and tickets in Konya
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Konya), 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 | 6° | 6d | 74% | 7.5h | avoid | bitter cold: 6C daily max |
| Feb | 8° | 4d | 68% | 8.2h | ok | 8C max, 4 rainy days |
| Mar | 12° | 6d | 60% | 9.5h | ok | 12C max, 6 rainy days |
| Apr | 18° | 5d | 51% | 10.7h | sweet spot | 18C max, 5 rainy days |
| May | 23° | 6d | 50% | 12.3h | good | 23C max, 6 rainy days |
| Jun | 27° | 3d | 46% | 13.4h | sweet spot | 27C max, 3 rainy days |
| Jul | 31° | 0d | 35% | 13.9h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 31° | 0d | 35% | 13.0h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 26° | 2d | 42% | 11.5h | sweet spot | 26C max, 2 rainy days |
| Oct | 20° | 2d | 53% | 10.2h | good | 20C max, 2 rainy days |
| Nov | 14° | 4d | 64% | 8.4h | good | 14C max, 4 rainy days |
| Dec | 8° | 7d | 77% | 7.0h | 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 Mevlana Museum, the centre, 13 km from the airport (KYA): 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
Konya's November days now average 14.0°C, 2.7°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 1 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 5.1° | 6.3° | 10.3° | 17.1° | 21.3° | 26.2° | 29.6° | 29.6° | 26.4° | 18.9° | 11.3° | 7.1° |
| 2017–26 | 5.6° | 7.8° | 12.3° | 18.0° | 22.6° | 26.9° | 30.6° | 31.0° | 26.4° | 20.3° | 14.0° | 8.4° |
| Change | +0.5° | +1.5° | +2.0° | +0.9° | +1.3° | +0.7° | +1.1° | +1.3° | +0.0° | +1.4° | +2.7° | +1.3° |
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
How far Konya is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
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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 Konya
- Apps — Rides: BiTaksi, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. Uber and BiTaksi book licensed taxis.
Walk the central district, most sites are within 1 km or so. Trams run 06:00 to midnight. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Konya, 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
Konya in pictures
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What Konya is like
Konya is a city in Central Anatolia in Turkey, known as the city of "whirling dervishes" and for its outstanding Seljuk architecture. In 2021 Konya metropolis had a population of 2,277,017, the sixth largest in Turkey, but the area of most interest is compact. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Sema (Whirling dervish ceremony), Mevlana Cultural Centre. Sema is the authentic dervish ceremony, traditionally held in the Centre on Saturday at 19:00 winter, 20:00 summer. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- This has 3 flights a day from both Istanbul airports, from IST mostly by Turkish Airlines (or Anadolu their subsidiary), and from SAW mostly by Pegasus. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Konya, 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 Konya
Also in Turkey
- Antalya best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Bursa best Jun, Aug, Sep
- Cappadocia best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Edirne best Jun, Sep, Oct
- Ephesus best Apr, May, Oct
- Istanbul best Apr, Aug, Sep
- Pamukkale best Apr, May, Nov
- Trabzon best Apr, Jun, Jul
- İzmir best Apr, May, Jun
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Kind of place
Konya is in Turkey, Middle East. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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