Antalya in May 2025 – is it worth going to rest? Weather and reviews, air and water temperature, is it possible to swim, prices for flights, in hotels and excursions? What to see in Antalya in early May and the end of spring than to do, where to go in Turkey – in the Eurotraveler review.
The warm “Turkish coast”, the famous Turkish Riviera is in demand in the non -season. However, not as much as in the summer – doubts “have a place to be.”
However, Russian tourists, who are in love with the word “maybe”, still test luck with excitement, going to Antalya in early May, for holidays. Hoping that they are lucky, and the resort will meet them with a cloudless sky and frankly hot weather.
Vacationers from Western Europe are more rational. And they are pulled to Antalya by the end of May.
It is not possible that the sun will warm stronger, and there will be more clear days. As for the sea, then they have no doubt at all – on the threshold of summer, it is obliged to warm up to a temperature completely comfortable for bathing.
Who is right? It seems to us that both points of view have the right to life.
If only because on not hot days in May in Antalya there is something to visit. Yes, and in the nearest sights of attractions – that raisins in a high -quality cake.
We are no longer talking about wide opportunities for long trips! For example, the May weather in Cappadocia, as well as the transport accessibility of the region from Antalya, allows you to gracefully enter it into the plan of the spring trip to the sea. As well as Pamukkale, and the very Istanbul – too!
However, we run ahead – let’s go better in order!
Weather in Antalya in May
The local climate in mid -spring gives a lot of bases for the most optimistic expectations. Although it does not promise a completely serene rest. The whole thing is in significant changes in air temperatures!
If in early May in Antalya the atmosphere during the day warms up to +25-27 ° C, then at night it treacherously cools to +16-17 ° C. Forcing vacationers to doubt the correctness of their choice, simultaneously rummaging in the suitcase in search of warm clothes.
After May 9-10, the weather in Antalya is aiming at the storm +30-degree bar, successfully overcoming it by the middle of the month. Night temperatures, meanwhile, look closely to +20 ° C.
After sunset, however, it still freshly fresh. Therefore, the jacket or windbreak will not be superfluous in the baggage, even if you are going to come to Antalya in mid -May!
In other years, air temperatures in the resort overcome the bar of +30 degrees Celsius only at the very end of the month. But even after sunset, the atmosphere remains warmed up to +23-25 ° C.
It happens differently-then at the end of May, vacationers are freezing and refusing to believe their eyes. On street thermometers can be no more than +20-22 ° C.
We note, however, that those resorters who do not like frank heat and are ready to put up with temperature changes. Since in general it is perfect for a tour of Antalya itself, as well as beyond.
Sunny days
At the same time – a lot! And the chances of burning strongly, frivolously sitting on the beach at noon, are very large. To protect yourself or minimize health damage, we recommend that you make a list of clothes in advance, which must be taken on vacation at sea. And then do not forget to put it in a suitcase.
Precipitation
The probability of rain in Antalya in May is not zero. But not too great! Travelers’ reviews confirm that you should prepare a maximum for 2-3 inconspicuous days per month.
What dates will they be in a certain year, no one knows. But is a warm rain able to seriously overshadow such a vacation? After all, somewhere in Moscow at this time even frosts are possible!
Water temperature
In the Mediterranean Sea, not everyone will decide to swim at the end of spring. Perhaps only people who have bored with such a lesson, or hardened by years of practice in more northern resorts.
The water off the coast of Antalya during May reacts to strong changes in air temperatures not too positive and therefore warms up slowly. Therefore, you have the right to count on the temperature of the sea not higher than +19-20 ° C-at the beginning of the month, +20-22 ° C-to its middle and +23-24 ° C-in early June.
+20 ° C – this is the standard temperature of the water in Antalya by May 1. Obviously, the swims in such a water area are very refreshing if they do not invigorate goosebumps. And most vacationers will prefer to admire the horizon than with a joyful cry to climb into the waves. By the way, about the waves – at the end of spring, no significant excitement is observed.
An increase in water temperature to +22-23 ° C provides a more comfortable bathing. There were years when by May 15 the coastal water area warmed up to such and even large values - how lucky! After the 20s of the month, the most timid ones decide to plunge here.
Despite the fact that the bathing in the open sea during this period is more likely, you will not be left without swimming. Since in any almost Antalya hotel there are pools with heated water.
Prices 2025
Over the years, a stereotype has developed that rest in Antalya and in neighboring resorts does not promise to ruin even poor tourists. Although, due to the strong rise in price of everything and the whole in the post -pandemic era, many prefer to come to the non -season in order to save some amount.
Flights from Moscow to Antalya and back in May will cost 500 € per person. If you go on a trip from London and return there, then pay 2.5 times less. About the same amount will lay out for a trip to the Turkish Rivier and a tourist from Berlin.
In a slightly big money, a trip to Turkey by car from Moscow, and then vice versa, will cost. But already for all participants – even if you include in the calculation not only fuel and power, but also intermediate nights.
Inexpensive, but at the same time a good hotel in the center of the old city of Antalya will cost ~ 75 € (if you are lucky at a discount) for two per night – Zenia Hotel. And there is no need to book it for a week – in May Turkey, literally everything has everything to travel a lot around the country.
Do not want to skimp and are able to rent a separate apartment in Kaleichi? Please – in May it can be done for all the same about 100 € per day – Old Town Deluxe Flats.
Yes, you will have to go to the tram to the beach. But maybe this is for the better? After all, this is more interesting than every day to move from the hotel lobby to the sea, and then back?
Excursions
According to Antalya itself, they have risen in price in recent years, and Price with pleasure moved to the range above 50 € per person. However, at the same time the assortment grew up and there are much more profitable options for a suburban rest for tourists. So you can rafting or make a cruise along the coast for still very pretty 20-25 €.
Far routes like a two -day trip from Antalya Cappadocia, by the way, are from 60 € per participant. And this is amazing if we take into account the saturation of the program.
Nutrition
Prices for food in the season cannot be called low even in comparison with Europe. Since a snack in the analogue of Western fast food will cost 8-12 € per person, a hearty lunch without delights and alcohol-15 € or more. Dinner, in terms of quantity and quality of dishes, comparable to the hotel “All Inclusive”, costs from 25-30 €.
What to see
The number of types of active entertainment offered by local tourist agencies is impressive: here you have excursion trips and rafting and cruises on ships along the coast and diving with an instructor. So, even if the weather in Antalya is not too hot throughout May, the quality of your impressions will not suffer.
Moreover, if you just walk along the ancient streets of Kaleichi. Or sit or lie on the seashore, enjoying the colors of sunset.
For vacationers with children, a visit to the Antalya Aquarium aquarium is recommended: both independently and with a guide. A curious detail – about the prices for a ticket on the website of the institution is not reported.
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What to do
Very adrenaline pleasure – boat on boats along a stormy river in the canyon of Köpryul, which is only 2 hours from the resort. You can just relax and enjoy the surrounding mountain landscapes during a day cruise on a boat along a green canyon.
Excellent active entertainment will be a trip in May to Termmasos. For climbing the mountain on which this ancient city is located, of course, is better not in the heat.
On the full day (more than 12 hours), an excursion to the island of Kekov is designed. Where during the course they offer to inspect the ruins of the ancient city that has gone under the water and even swim in turquoise water. Along the way, you will go to the Lycian tombs in the world and the Church of St. Nicholas in Demra.
Tourists can go to Safari along the Taurus mountains on jeeps, go to the Düdensky waterfalls or pay a visit to Pamukkale. For 2 days, excursions to Cappadocia are designed, if desired: with a flight in a balloon or without.
The climb to the top of the ottoman in the booth of a modern funicular, immersion with an aqualanga in the transparent waters of the Mediterranean Sea – a couple more paid events that can interest a tourist on vacation.
There is no much reason to get on a Likiy path in a short vacation. Since time is money, and this lesson is not from the brief. But you definitely will not damage to visit the Fire -breathing Mount Himer, as well as praudatting on the ruins of the ancient Olympos.
The trip to the remnants of the ancient polis of the perge, as well as to Aspedos, where an incredible ancient amphitheater, is very popular among travelers, are very popular.
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