Gaziantep
City in Türkiye: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Gaziantepskyline: Emz12, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Gaziantep is a city in Türkiye. About 2.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Türkiye in our atlas.
It lies at 37.06° N, 37.38° E, about 842 m (2,762 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Istanbul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Gaziantep. Green dots: other major cities of Türkiye. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Gaziantep has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 38°C (100°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -2°C (28°F). Around 462 mm (18 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
- Adana · 182 km
- Kayseri · 250 km
- Diyarbakır · 268 km
- Konya · 443 km
- Erzurum · 468 km
- Çankaya · 511 km
- Ankara · 512 km
- Antalya · 593 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 314830 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q93338 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Gaziantepskyline: Emz12, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- AntepKale2 (cropped): Klaus-Peter Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Zeugma museum: atomsaskal, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gaziantep Mevlevi Museum 1818: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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