Climate
Ankara logs 79 frost days a year to Gaziantep's 13 — Gaziantep wins by 66. Ankara also leads on hot days by 75.
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Gaziantep
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Air Quality
Ankara averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Gaziantep's 28.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Ankara breathes ~22% cleaner air (6.2 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Ankara (3.7M) and Gaziantep (1.7M) are 2.2x in population — Ankara is the larger metro, Gaziantep the smaller; on land area Ankara spans roughly 2.7x more ground.
Ankara is roughly 2.4x the scale of Gaziantep
Combined population & area comparison
AnkaraGaziantepCity Scale Rankings
Ankara3.7M2.2xGaziantep1.7M1xAnkara357 km²2.7xGaziantep134 km²1xAnkara
Gaziantep
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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