Turkey / Istanbul
Menekşe Plajı
Menekşe Plajı is a 610 m-long beach facing south-south-west, 1.4 km south of Küçükçekmece (Istanbul, Turkey). The sea averages 24.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 8.0 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Menekşe Plajı
Beach-day index 5.2/10 · Turkey median 6.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 8.9 °C | 8.0 °C | 8.7 °C | 11.3 °C | 16.0 °C | 20.9 °C | 23.4 °C | 24.2 °C | 22.4 °C | 19.1 °C | 15.1 °C | 11.5 °C |
| High °C | 8° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| Low °C | 3° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 85 | 69 | 59 | 44 | 39 | 43 | 24 | 29 | 56 | 72 | 65 | 90 |
| Cloud % | 73 | 72 | 65 | 59 | 53 | 39 | 25 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 57 | 70 |
| Wind m/s | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Daylight h | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-5° | 19°/-6° | 24°/-2° | 26°/1° | 30°/6° | 38°/13° | 38°/17° | 38°/17° | 36°/13° | 32°/6° | 25°/2° | 21°/-2° |
| Beach index | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
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 July–August; July scores 9.5/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 23.4 °C and 24 mm of rain.
In July that is 0.4 points above the median of the 156 beaches in Turkey covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.8 °C cooler than the Turkey median for August (25.0 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 15.8 °C, cooler than 69% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (90 mm) and July the driest (24 mm); the yearly total is about 680 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:44 and sets at 20:36 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-west (200°). Open water fills about 42% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in October–March; in mid-December it goes down at 17:37 local time on a bearing of 239°.
Straight out to the south-south-west the next coast is roughly 50 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 28 m deep and 54 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 54 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 54% built-up land, 22% tree cover and 20% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Built 54%
- Tree 22%
- Grass 20%
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.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 33Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 6Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Grocery shops
- 24Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 23 restaurants, 9 cafés and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 7 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
Nature
- Kastamonu Pınarbaşı nature reserve 510 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| İstanbul Airport Istanbul | IST | 33.1 km | north |
| Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Pendik, Istanbul | SAW | 46.0 km | east |
| Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport Çorlu | TEQ | 73.7 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 24 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Menekşe Gar Binası (700 m), rail station Küçükçekmece (1.1 km) and 6 mapped car parks within 1 km.
6 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 3.1M residents); within 30 km there are 55 (about 23.6M).
Reference
Menekşe Plajı has an article on the TR Wikipedia: Menekşe Plajı.
Wikidata item Q107357274.
When people look it up
The TR Wikipedia article was read 980 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in June (405 views), 27.0× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menekşe Plajı | – | 24.2 °C | 610 m | – |
| Florya Güneş Plajı | 1.4 km SE | 24.2 °C | 850 m | – |
| Büyükçekmece Plajı | 15.8 km W | 24.4 °C | 719 m | – |
| Caddebostan Plajı | 24.0 km E | 24.1 °C | 228 m | Sand |
| Kumburgaz Plajı | 28.0 km W | 24.6 °C | 304 m | – |
- Florya Güneş Plajı1.4 km SECompare
- Büyükçekmece Plajı15.8 km WCompare
- Caddebostan Plajı24.0 km ECompare
- Kumburgaz Plajı28.0 km WCompare
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 14.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w668595024; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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 S2C_35TPF_20260426_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 5.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.