Dardanelles — Türkiye

Dardanos - Kumkale

18.7 km
Distance
Dardanos ↔ Kumkale
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

The crossing

Dardanos ↔ Kumkale: 18.7 km of shortest route, the shortest loop in the water around the island. No ratified crossing yet.

Water temperature

Sea surface temperature measured by satellite at mid-route, daily values 2023–2025: the dot is the monthly mean, the bar spans the lowest to the highest.

8°12°16°20°24°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Show the data as a table
MonthMeanLowestHighest
January14.5 °C (58 °F)11.8 °C (53 °F)18 °C (64 °F)
February11.9 °C (53 °F)8.9 °C (48 °F)15.2 °C (59 °F)
March12.6 °C (55 °F)10.1 °C (50 °F)15.4 °C (60 °F)
April14.2 °C (58 °F)12.3 °C (54 °F)16.4 °C (62 °F)
May16.6 °C (62 °F)14.4 °C (58 °F)19.4 °C (67 °F)
June20 °C (68 °F)17.3 °C (63 °F)23.4 °C (74 °F)
July23.2 °C (74 °F)20.5 °C (69 °F)25.8 °C (78 °F)
August23.5 °C (74 °F)20.9 °C (70 °F)26.1 °C (79 °F)
September22.5 °C (73 °F)19.4 °C (67 °F)26 °C (79 °F)
October20.5 °C (69 °F)18.3 °C (65 °F)23.1 °C (74 °F)
November18.4 °C (65 °F)14.6 °C (58 °F)20.9 °C (70 °F)
December16.9 °C (62 °F)12.7 °C (55 °F)18.5 °C (65 °F)

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.