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Hot dry summers in the south, cold continental east. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Istanbul · Ankara · Bursa · İzmir · Gaziantep · Diyarbakır

Browse all 103 cities in Turkey

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

Csa

Hot-summer Mediterranean

61 cities
Istanbulpop 15.7MAnkarapop 3.5MBursapop 3.1Mİzmirpop 2.9MGazianteppop 2.2MDiyarbakırpop 1.8MAntalyapop 1.3MÇankayapop 792kMalatyapop 750kBağcılarpop 749kBahçelievlerpop 577kUmraniyepop 573k
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Cfa

Humid subtropical

12 cities
Eskişehirpop 922kSamsunpop 394kAfyonkarahisarpop 252kTrabzonpop 244kOrdupop 229kDüzcepop 194kGiresunpop 126kKarabükpop 125kRizepop 120kZonguldakpop 102kBartınpop 82kBilecikpop 74k
Csb

Warm-summer Mediterranean

8 cities
Kayseripop 1.5MVanpop 525kÇorumpop 270kSivaspop 264kAmasyapop 115kYozgatpop 88kHakkâripop 78kNevşehirpop 76k
BSk

Cold semi-arid

8 cities
Konyapop 1.4MAlanyapop 364kAksaraypop 328kKırıkkalepop 187kKaramanpop 175kKırşehirpop 151kIğdırpop 102kNiğdepop 91k
Dsb

Mediterranean-influenced warm-summer humid continental

4 cities
Erzurumpop 768kAğrıpop 124kBayburtpop 48kArtvinpop 26k
BSh

Hot semi-arid

3 cities
Adanapop 1.8MMersinpop 538kTarsuspop 351k
Cfb

Oceanic / temperate

3 cities
Adapazarıpop 287kBolupop 185kKastamonupop 126k
Dfb

Warm-summer humid continental

2 cities
Karspop 91kArdahanpop 23k
Dsa

Mediterranean-influenced hot-summer humid continental

2 cities
Muşpop 83kBitlispop 53k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Turkey.

Istanbul
Hot-summer MediterraneanCsa
Ankara
Hot-summer MediterraneanCsa
Bursa
Hot-summer MediterraneanCsa
İzmir
Hot-summer MediterraneanCsa
Gaziantep
Hot-summer MediterraneanCsa
Diyarbakır
Hot-summer MediterraneanCsa

Climate types in Turkey

Turkey spans 9 climate types. The 8 most widespread:

Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean · 61 citiesCfa Humid subtropical · 12 citiesCsb Warm-summer Mediterranean · 8 citiesBSk Cold semi-arid · 8 citiesDsb Mediterranean-influenced warm-summer humid continental · 4 citiesBSh Hot semi-arid · 3 citiesCfb Oceanic / temperate · 3 citiesDfb Warm-summer humid continental · 2 cities

… and 1 more.

Climate records across Turkey — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest İskenderun (69.5 °F avg) · Coolest Erzurum (41.2 °F avg) · Wettest Rize (95 in/yr) · Driest Mersin (9 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Turkey sits well between them.