Diyarbakır
City in Türkiye: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Diyarbakır is a city in Türkiye, in Diyarbakır Province. About 1.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Türkiye in our atlas.
It lies at 37.91° N, 40.22° E, about 674 m (2,211 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Istanbul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Diyarbakır. Green dots: other major cities of Türkiye. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Diyarbakır has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 39°C (103°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (25°F). Around 500 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in TürkiyeNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Erzurum · 240 km
- Gaziantep · 266 km
- Kayseri · 424 km
- Adana · 441 km
- Konya · 677 km
- Çankaya · 681 km
- Ankara · 682 km
- Antalya · 841 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 316541 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q83387 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- DiyarbakırArkeolojiMüzesi2: Chansey, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hefsel Bahçesii: Kaya Elifnur 72, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum (2): Hedda Gabler, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Diyarbakır Ziya Gökalp Museum in 2024 0280: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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