Turkey / İzmir Province
Çukuraltı Plajı
Çukuraltı Plajı is a 258 m-long beach facing south, 3.3 km west of Özdere (İzmir Province, Turkey). The sea averages 23.9 °C in August, its warmest month, and 15.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Çukuraltı Plajı
Beach-day index 8.5/10 · Turkey median 6.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 16.5 °C | 15.9 °C | 15.9 °C | 16.8 °C | 19.1 °C | 21.8 °C | 23.0 °C | 23.9 °C | 23.1 °C | 21.4 °C | 19.3 °C | 17.7 °C |
| High °C | 10° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 26° | 32° | 37° | 37° | 31° | 25° | 18° | 12° |
| Low °C | 1° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 124 | 93 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 51 | 79 | 102 |
| Cloud % | 66 | 67 | 61 | 54 | 44 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 50 | 63 |
| Wind m/s | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Daylight h | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| Record high/low | 19°/-10° | 22°/-9° | 27°/-5° | 32°/-3° | 40°/2° | 44°/11° | 45°/15° | 43°/14° | 43°/9° | 39°/1° | 31°/-4° | 23°/-5° |
| Beach index | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in September; September scores 9.5/10 with highs of 31 °C, sea at 23.1 °C and 19 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Turkey in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 1.1 °C cooler than the Turkey median for August (25.0 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.5 °C, warmer than 60% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (124 mm) and July the driest (4 mm); the yearly total is about 640 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.6 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 06:52 and sets at 19:21 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (185°). Open water fills about 33% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in December–January; in mid-December it goes down at 17:53 local time on a bearing of 241°.
Straight out to the south the next coast is roughly 80 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 29 m deep and 68 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 29 m above sea level 500 m inland and 143 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 49% tree cover, 37% built-up land and 9% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 39% of that circle.
- Tree 49%
- Built 37%
- Grass 9%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Average daytime highs reach 37 °C in August.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 39Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 4Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 10Grocery shops
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 21 restaurants, 10 cafés, 6 bars and 2 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 4 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Old Wind Mill 580 m SW
Campsites
- İZMİR-Özdere Havacılar Kampı-Bir Tutkudur. 610 m NE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adnan Menderes International Airport Gaziemir | ADB | 31.1 km | north |
| Samos Airport Samos Island | SMI | 39.7 km | south-west |
| Chios Island National Airport Chios Island | JKH | 90.6 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 13.5K residents); within 30 km there are 12 (about 207K).
Map and nearby beaches
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- Kadınlar Denizi Plajı23.3 km SECompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 16.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w460912986; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_35SNC_20240824_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 12.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.