Konya
City in Türkiye: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Konya is a city in Türkiye. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Türkiye in our atlas.
It lies at 37.87° N, 32.48° E, about 1,030 m (3,379 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Istanbul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Konya. Green dots: other major cities of Türkiye. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Konya has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (23°F). Around 395 mm (16 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
- Antalya · 190 km
- Çankaya · 230 km
- Ankara · 230 km
- Adana · 268 km
- Eskişehir · 273 km
- Kayseri · 280 km
- Bursa · 396 km
- Gaziantep · 439 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 306571 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q79857 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Konya Archaeological Museum, Turkey 03: Murat Özsoy 1958, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Konya Kule Site - panoramio: Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Konya Sahip Ata Vakıflar Eserleri Müzesi exterior 3601: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kılıç Arslan II Kiosk, Konya Seljuk Palace: Photograph: Garabed K. Solakian (active in Konya during the 1890s and early 1900s), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
