Climate
Ankara logs 4 outdoor-dinner months a year to Mersin's 7 — Mersin wins by 3. Mersin also leads on sunny days by 57.
Ankara
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Mersin
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Ankara averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Mersin's 29.1 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Ankara breathes ~23% cleaner air (6.8 µg/m³ lower).
Ankara
Mersin
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 Mersin (655K) are 5.6x in population — Ankara is the larger metro, Mersin the smaller; on land area Ankara spans roughly 3.2x more ground.
Ankara is roughly 4.3x the scale of Mersin
Combined population & area comparison
AnkaraMersinCity Scale Rankings
Ankara3.7M5.6xMersin655K1xAnkara357 km²3.2xMersin110 km²1xAnkara
Mersin
Who Thrives Here
Mersin is the stronger fit for the eternal summer. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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