Climate
Ankara logs 79 frost days a year to Diyarbakır's 32 — Diyarbakır wins by 47. Ankara also leads on hot days by 79.
Ankara
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Diyarbakır
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Air Quality
Ankara averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Diyarbakır's 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Ankara breathes ~28% cleaner air (8.9 µg/m³ lower).
Ankara
Diyarbakır
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Ankara (3.7M) and Diyarbakır (649K) are 5.7x in population — Ankara is the larger metro, Diyarbakır the smaller; on land area Ankara spans roughly 4.8x more ground.
Ankara is roughly 5.2x the scale of Diyarbakır
Combined population & area comparison
AnkaraDiyarbakırCity Scale Rankings
Ankara3.7M5.7xDiyarbakır649K1xAnkara357 km²4.8xDiyarbakır75 km²1xAnkara
Diyarbakır
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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