Map of Ayvalık, Turkey

Ayvalık is a city in Balıkesir, Turkey, with a population of about 70,002. It lies at 39.3193°N, 26.6934°E. Ayvalık is about 532 km (330 mi) west of Ankara, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Burhaniye, 31 km to the northeast.

Ayvalık at a glance

Where is Ayvalık?

• The 3rd largest city in Balıkesir on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 24 min on the shortest day to 14 h 56 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ayvalık

• Burhaniye — 31 km northeast
• Edremit — 42 km northeast
• Bergama — 47 km southeast
• Aliağa — 63 km southeast
• Soma — 80 km east
• Menemen — 86 km south
• Çanakkale — 96 km north
• Manisa — 101 km southeast
• Karşıyaka — 102 km south
• Bornova — 105 km southeast

Largest cities in Balıkesir

• Balıkesir — 238,151
• Bandırma — 107,631
• Edremit — 40,777
• Gönen — 40,763
• Burhaniye — 38,083

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

Map of Turkey and all its cities →

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.