Climate
Bursa logs 26 hot days a year to Erzurum's 4 — Erzurum wins by 22. Bursa also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 3.
Bursa
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Erzurum
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Bursa averages 22.5 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Erzurum's 24.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Bursa breathes ~6% cleaner air (1.5 µg/m³ lower).
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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.
Bursa (2.4M) and Erzurum (163K) are 15x in population — Bursa is the larger metro, Erzurum the smaller; on land area Bursa spans roughly 8.0x more ground.
Bursa is roughly 11x the scale of Erzurum
Combined population & area comparison
BursaErzurumCity Scale Rankings
Bursa2.4M15xErzurum163K1xBursa216 km²8.0xErzurum27 km²1xBursa
Erzurum
Who Thrives Here
Bursa is the stronger fit for the winter escapist. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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