Erzurum
City in Türkiye: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Erzurum is a city in Türkiye. About 767,848 people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of Türkiye in our atlas.
It lies at 39.91° N, 41.28° E, about 1,914 m (6,280 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Istanbul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Erzurum. Green dots: other major cities of Türkiye. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Erzurum has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -15°C (5°F). Around 561 mm (22 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
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
- Diyarbakır · 239 km
- Gaziantep · 458 km
- Kayseri · 510 km
- Adana · 602 km
- Çankaya · 716 km
- Ankara · 717 km
- Konya · 782 km
- Eskişehir · 916 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 315368 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q122803 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Palandoken Erzurum 2009: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and George Papandreou, Erzurum January 2011 12: Prime Minister's Office from Greece, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Citadel of Erzurum: Brian Dell, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
