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Which trail suits your trip? Pick a month for typical weather, or your own dates for the forecast, rated at each trail's lowest and highest point. The best match comes first; the table below has the details. For winter trips, start with hiking in Europe in winter.

Best in October

Good no real weather drawbackMixed walkable, with one drawbackPoor a serious drawback, or out of season
How the ratings work
Good
Typical weather suits walking: no snow expected at the high point, not hot low down or cold up high, and under 200 mm of rain in the month.
Mixed
One drawback in a typical year: snow or ice possible up high, a warm or cool month, or a wet one (200 mm or more).
Poor
Snow likely at the high point, heat of 33 °C or more low down, days below 3 °C up high, or outside the published season.

From typical weather: the 1991–2020 averages at the trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height. A published season (a park that closes, huts that open) overrides the weather. A rating is a planning aid for the area, not a report of the trail: check the official warnings before you go.

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    Lycian Way Turkey
    Poor
    1. January: Poor
    2. February: Good
    3. March: Good
    4. April: Good
    5. May: Mixed
    6. June: Poor
    7. July: Poor
    8. August: Poor
    9. September: Poor
    10. October: Poor
    11. November: Good
    12. December: Poor

    Outside the published season. The Culture Routes Society recommends February to May or September to November, especially February, and not mid-December to the end of January; summer is too hot for long walks. In 2026 the fire season closed the forests: Muğla's listed forests from 1 June to 31 October, Antalya's from 1 May to 31 October, except the way from Çıralı to Geyikbayırı. From December to March snow covers the high stretches over Belören and below Tahtalı.

    • 5–27 °C(Typical: a night at the high point to a day at the low point)
    • 68 mm rain(Rain in a typical month, at the wetter end)
    • 11 h 19(Daylight in the middle of the month)
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Trail
Lycian Way
Turkey
At a glance
Weather in October Poor Outside the published season. The Culture Routes Society recommends February to May or September to November, especially February, and not mid-December to the end of January; summer is too hot for long walks. In 2026 the fire season closed the forests: Muğla's listed forests from 1 June to 31 October, Antalya's from 1 May to 31 October, except the way from Çıralı to Geyikbayırı. From December to March snow covers the high stretches over Belören and below Tahtalı.
Typical weather
Temperature, lowest point 27° by day, 16° at night at sea level
Temperature, highest point 16° by day, 5° at night at 1,816 m
Rain in a typical month 68 mm
Snow at the high point Typically snow-free (model) High point 1,817 m
Daylight mid-month 11 h 19 Sunrise 07:09, sunset 18:29
The trail
Kind of trip Point to point in 29 stages
Length 443 km
Total climb +16,687 m
Highest point 1,817 m
Days to allow 20 walking, 13 fast Suggested for ovacık to geyikbayırı; shorter trips in the planner
Practical
Places to sleep 50 towns and villages Read 27 September 2026
Official status and season The Culture Routes Society recommends February to May or September to November, especially February, and not mid-December to the end of January; summer is too hot for long walks. In 2026 the fire season closed the forests: Muğla's listed forests from 1 June to 31 October, Antalya's from 1 May to 31 October, except the way from Çıralı to Geyikbayırı. From December to March snow covers the high stretches over Belören and below Tahtalı.
Rules and permits –
Getting there Dalaman airport and Fethiye; Kaş, Kalkan and Kekova; Finike, Adrasan and Çıralı; Antalya, Hisarçandır and Geyikbayırı
Official weather warnings No European warning service linked
Sources Climate: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages; Forecast: Open-Meteo

Where they are

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Ratings are planning aids from typical weather or the forecast, not statements about trail conditions. Typical weather: TerraClimate 1991–2020 at each trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height, with the Pico do Areeiro station on the Madeira peaks. Stays and status come from each guide's dated records.