The mild Mediterranean climate of dry summers and huge amounts of rain in the autumn are quite typical for the western and eastern coasts of Turkey but it does have a very positive effect on the Mediterranean plants and especially on the growth of vines, figs, olives, lemons and oranges and also cotton.
In the centre of Anatolia you will find continental climate with little rain but extremely cold winters with huge amounts of snow. In the east there are really hot summers which are responsible for the typical character of the landscape, similar to steppe.
The Black Sea coast has a less extreme, almost Northern European climate. In Istanbul and along the Sea of Marmara, winters are wet and cool, the summers dry and hot. Along the Aegean Sea we find the comfortable Mediterranean climate of mild winters and dry, hot summers which are kept comfortable by the ever-existent winds. The Turkish Riviera is the hottest area of Turkey and because of that is an all-year-round holiday area.
