Kayseri
City in Türkiye: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Kayseri is a city in Türkiye. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Türkiye in our atlas.
It lies at 38.73° N, 35.49° E, about 1,054 m (3,458 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Istanbul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kayseri. Green dots: other major cities of Türkiye. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kayseri has a Mediterranean (warm summer) climate (Köppen Csb). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -7°C (19°F). Around 373 mm (15 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
- Adana · 194 km
- Gaziantep · 248 km
- Çankaya · 262 km
- Ankara · 263 km
- Konya · 277 km
- Diyarbakır · 420 km
- Eskişehir · 445 km
- Antalya · 462 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 308464 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q48338 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kadir Has Kongre ve Spor Merkezi Kayseri: Lichtel, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fortress of Kayseri 01: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kayseri Archaeological Museum General view in 2023 5154: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
