Turkey / İzmir Province
Ilıca Plajı
Ilıca Plajı is a 1.7 km-long sandy beach facing north, 3.0 km north of Alaçatı (İzmir Province, Turkey). The sea averages 23.5 °C in August, its warmest month, and 15.7 °C in March; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Ilıca Plajı
Beach-day index 7.9/10 · Turkey median 6.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 16.3 °C | 15.8 °C | 15.7 °C | 16.4 °C | 18.6 °C | 21.7 °C | 22.9 °C | 23.5 °C | 22.6 °C | 21.0 °C | 18.9 °C | 17.4 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 30° | 33° | 34° | 29° | 23° | 18° | 13° |
| Low °C | 5° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 130 | 99 | 61 | 46 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 50 | 82 | 111 |
| Cloud % | 60 | 59 | 52 | 47 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 44 | 57 |
| Wind m/s | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 20°/-5° | 22°/-5° | 24°/-1° | 30°/1° | 38°/6° | 41°/13° | 41°/17° | 40°/17° | 39°/12° | 34°/5° | 30°/1° | 22°/-2° |
| Beach index | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
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 June and September; September scores 9.5/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 22.6 °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 1.5 °C cooler than the Turkey median for August (25.0 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.2 °C, warmer than 56% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (130 mm) and July the driest (3 mm); the yearly total is about 650 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 06:55 and sets at 19:24 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north (350°). Open water fills about 31% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in May–July; in mid-June it goes down at 20:38 local time on a bearing of 301°.
Straight out to the north the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 11 m deep and 20 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 8 m above sea level 500 m inland and 28 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 78% built-up land, 13% tree cover and 4% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 52% of that circle.
- Built 78%
- Tree 13%
- Grass 4%
- Bare 3%
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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 23Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 21Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Grocery shops
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 16 restaurants, 3 cafés and 4 bars. Accommodation: 21 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chios Island National Airport Chios Island | JKH | 20.6 km | west |
| Adnan Menderes International Airport Gaziemir | ADB | 68.5 km | east |
| Samos Airport Samos Island | SMI | 83.5 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 39.8K residents); within 30 km there are 11 (about 74.2K).
Map and nearby beaches
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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 7.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w233277735; 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.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_35SMC_20250722_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 40.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.