Region · Turkey
Where to stay in Van Province
This guide covers 8 destinations in Van Province, a first-level administrative division of Turkey, with 6 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Van, İpekyolu and Erciş. Across its destinations, June and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN).
- Destinations in this guide
- 8
- Places to stay
- 6
- Comfortable in the most places
- June and September
- Main airport
- VANVan Ferit Melen Airport
- Currency
- TRYTurkish lira
- Time zone
- Europe/Istanbul
Destinations
Destinations in Van Province
Every destination in this guide in Van Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in Van Province
6 hotels in Van Province recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Van Province
From the climate of 8 destinations in Van Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: June and September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 8 | -1 °C | 41 mm |
| February | 0 of 8 | 0 °C | 43 mm |
| March | 0 of 8 | 5 °C | 57 mm |
| April | 0 of 8 | 11 °C | 74 mm |
| May | 2 of 8 | 17 °C | 61 mm |
| June | 8 of 8 | 23 °C | 24 mm |
| July | 6 of 8 | 27 °C | 17 mm |
| August | 6 of 8 | 28 °C | 8 mm |
| September | 8 of 8 | 23 °C | 17 mm |
| October | 0 of 8 | 16 °C | 48 mm |
| November | 0 of 8 | 8 °C | 53 mm |
| December | 0 of 8 | 1 °C | 48 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Van Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Van Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
VAN · Van Ferit Melen Airport
YKO · Hakkari Yüksekova Airport
AJI · Ağrı Airport
IGD · Iğdır Airport
OMH · Urmia Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Van Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Turkey
Nearby
Regions near Van Province
Other regions of Turkey with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.