Climate
Ankara logs 54 hot days a year to Erzurum's 4 — Erzurum wins by 50. Ankara also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.
Ankara
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Erzurum
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Ankara averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Erzurum's 24.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Ankara breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.7 µg/m³ lower).
Ankara
Erzurum
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 Erzurum (163K) are 23x in population — Ankara is the larger metro, Erzurum the smaller; on land area Ankara spans roughly 13x more ground.
Ankara is roughly 17x the scale of Erzurum
Combined population & area comparison
AnkaraErzurumCity Scale Rankings
Ankara3.7M23xErzurum163K1xAnkara357 km²13xErzurum27 km²1xAnkara
Erzurum
Who Thrives Here
Ankara is the stronger fit for the winter escapist. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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