Climate
Ankara logs 79 frost days a year to Konya's 54 — Konya wins by 25. Konya also leads on sunny days by 26.
Ankara
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Konya
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Air Quality
Ankara averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Konya's 27.1 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Ankara breathes ~18% cleaner air (4.8 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 Konya (1.0M) are 3.6x in population — Ankara is the larger metro, Konya the smaller; on land area Ankara spans roughly 1.5x more ground.
Ankara is roughly 2.3x the scale of Konya
Combined population & area comparison
AnkaraKonyaCity Scale Rankings
Ankara3.7M3.6xKonya1.0M1xAnkara357 km²1.5xKonya240 km²1xAnkara
Konya
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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