Map of İzmit, Turkey

İzmit is the administrative centre of Kocaeli, Turkey, with a population of about 196,571. It lies at 40.7650°N, 29.9293°E. İzmit is about 265 km (165 mi) west of Ankara, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Derince, 10 km to the west.

İzmit at a glance

Where is İzmit?

• The 2nd largest city in Kocaeli on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 15 min on the shortest day to 15 h 06 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near İzmit

• Derince — 10 km west
• Gölcük — 11 km southwest
• Körfez — 12 km west
• Adapazarı — 40 km east
• Gebze — 42 km west
• Yalova — 56 km west
• Sultanbeyli — 60 km west
• Orhangazi — 61 km southwest
• Sancaktepe — 64 km northwest
• Maltepe — 68 km west

Largest cities in Kocaeli

• Gebze — 281,436
• Derince — 125,485
• Körfez — 90,580
• Gölcük — 56,189

Largest cities in Turkey

• Istanbul — 15,701,602
• Ankara — 3,517,182
• Bursa — 3,101,833
• İzmir — 2,938,292
• Gaziantep — 2,222,415
• Diyarbakır — 1,833,684
• Adana — 1,816,750
• Kayseri — 1,452,458
• Konya — 1,433,861
• Antalya — 1,335,002

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.