Bahia vs Turkey

Bahia and Turkey, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture — everything you need to break the tie.

Bahia guide · Turkey guide · How we score

By the numbers

	Bahia	Turkey
U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Resorts in our catalog	3	1
Average guest rating	★ 4.8	★ 4.6
Nightly rates	$300–$800/night	$500–$800/night
Adults-only resorts	0 of 3	0 of 1
Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season	No hurricane season
Rainy season	April–July	November–February (impressively wet winters, irrelevant to summer trips)
Sweet spot	September–March (southern-hemisphere spring and summer)	May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

Weather, month by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bahia — high °F	86	87	86	84	82	80	79	79	81	83	84	85
Turkey — high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	87	79	69	61
Bahia — rain (in)	2.7	3.9	6.1	10.9	10.5	8.5	6.9	4.4	3.3	3.9	4.1	4.9
Turkey — rain (in)	9.2	6.3	3.8	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	10.2

Approximate climate normals for Bahia coast (Salvador) and Antalya coast — planning guidance, not a forecast.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Bahia

Chains here: Palladium Hotel Group · Iberostar · Tivoli

Full Bahia guide

Best of Turkey

1.Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort — Belek, Antalya, Turkey · ★ 4.6

Chains here: Regnum

Full Turkey guide

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