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Elbistan

Located in Elbistan İlçesi, Kahramanmaraş Province Coordinates: 38°12′21″ N 37°11′54″ E

Elbistan
Emin Başar ÖZDEMİR · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
80,456
80.5K
Elevation
1,139 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+03:00
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
When to go
May–JuneSeptember–October
See the climate
Airports
KCM Kahramanmaraş Airport77 km
MLX Malatya Erhaç Airport82 km

About Elbistan

Elbistan is a city. Location: Elbistan İlçesi, Kahramanmaraş Province. Population: 80,456. Elevation: 1,139 m.

From Wikipedia

Elbistan (Old Anatolian Turkish: Ablasta, Ablastayn, Ablastin, Ablistan; Arabic: البستان (Al-Bustan)) is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,201 km2, and its population is 141,307 (2022).

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
2.3 km²
Official website
eczanelik.com

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Elbistan

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, September–October.

This month · November

Outside the best season

Day 13° · Night 0° · Rain 52 mm

Better nearby cities in November

  • Osmaniye · 151 km southwest21°
  • Suruç · 174 km southeast20°
  • İskenderun · 201 km southwest22°
Hottest month
August (day 32°)
Coldest month
January (night -7°)
Wettest month
March (60 mm)
Driest month
July (5 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Elbistan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°5°11°17°22°27°32°32°28°21°13°6°
Average low (°C)-7°-5°-1°4°7°10°12°12°8°4°0°-3°
Precipitation (mm)5244605648205510385256

Other places to visit in this season: May June September October

How to get to Elbistan

The nearest airport is Kahramanmaraş Airport (KCM), 77 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Kahramanmaraş, 73 km to the south.

Airports

  • Kahramanmaraş Airport (KCM) Kahramanmaraş 77 kmsouth
  • Malatya Erhaç Airport (MLX) Malatya 82 kmeast
  • Adıyaman Airport (ADF) Adıyaman 123 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Kahramanmaraş Population: 385K 73 kmsouth
  • Malatya Population: 750.5K 99 kmeast
  • Adıyaman Population: 290.9K 107 kmsoutheast
  • Gaziantep Population: 2.2M 128 kmsouth
  • Osmaniye Population: 202.8K 151 kmsouthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Elbistan

Within 100 km: 7 historic and cultural sites, 319 natural sites, 190 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km30 places

  • Kızıl Dağ Mountain 19 kmN
  • Karaoluktepeleri Mountain 24 kmSE
  • Atlas Dağı Mountain 23 kmW
  • Akziyaret Tepesi Mountain 16 kmSE

25–60 km158 places

  • Azaplı Göl Lake 59 kmSE
  • Yelekçe Tepesi Mountain 38 kmE
  • Uzunöz Tepesi Mountain 60 kmN
  • Ufacıklar Tepesi Mountain 30 kmW

60–100 km328 places

  • Sazlıca Gölü Lake 93 kmE
  • İnekli Göl Lake 62 kmSE
  • Paşali Barajı Göleti Lake 95 kmNW
  • Gölbaşı Gölü Lake 60 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Elbistan and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Elbistan Doğubeyazıt Bartın Fatsa
Population 80.5K 81.1K 81.7K 82.2K
Elevation 1,139 m 1,592 m 28 m 2 m
Summer day (hottest month) 32° 29° 29° 25°
Winter night (coldest month) -7° -9° 1° 2°
Annual rainfall 446 mm 344 mm 795 mm 862 mm
Best months May–Jun, Sep–Oct May–Jun, Sep May–Jun, Sep–Oct Jun–Sep
Distance — 616 km 563 km 314 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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