Climate
Ankara logs 79 frost days a year to Samsun's 8 — Samsun wins by 71. Ankara also leads on sunny days by 40.
Ankara
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Samsun
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Air Quality
Ankara averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Samsun's 17.8 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Samsun breathes ~20% cleaner air (4.5 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 Samsun (644K) are 5.7x in population — Ankara is the larger metro, Samsun the smaller; on land area Ankara spans roughly 4.6x more ground.
Ankara is roughly 5.2x the scale of Samsun
Combined population & area comparison
AnkaraSamsunCity Scale Rankings
Ankara3.7M5.7xSamsun644K1xAnkara357 km²4.6xSamsun77 km²1xAnkara
Samsun
Who Thrives Here
Ankara favours the sunshine lover, while Samsun suits the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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