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Triplandio Cappadocia guide covers 10 travel guides across 28 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 40 self-guided walking tours in Cappadocia with 124 POI, spanning 147.6 km in total. Get inspired by 12 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Cappadocia
City & Country Data Turkey (Cappadocia)
Key travel data for Cappadocia — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Turkey
Cost
HIGH
Safety
0
Health
64
Lifestyle
59
Infra
67
Rank
#58
Score
42
Tourists
16.0M/y
GDP/cap
$18.6k
Life Exp
77.4 yrs
Population
85.9M
Currency
TRY ₺
Language
Turkish
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Cappadocia
Coffee
$9.00
Beer
$2.00
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$50.00/w
Taxi/km
$0.50
Transit
$0.50
Fuel
$0.50/l
Internet
$20.00/m
Salary
$500/m
Best time to visit Cappadocia (Turkey)
Now (September) avg: 18°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Jul & Aug.
Live Temp
…
~Day / Night Temp
25°C / 11°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:30 / 18:35
Local time
18:01
Best Months 
Jul & Aug
Jul & Aug
J
Jan
F
Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Cappadocia —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Vegetables or vine leaves stuffed with rice, herbs, and occasionally meat. Thick, sweet syrup made from boiled-down grape juice. Savory stuffed flatbread with various fillings, such as spinach or cheese. A rich, creamy dairy product served with honey or jam. Fried lamb testicles served with spices and herbs Tiny dumplings filled with spiced meat, often served with yogurt. Turkish style scrambled eggs with vegetables and spices. A sweet and tender pumpkin dessert cooked with sugar and nuts. A traditional dessert of apricots stuffed with nuts and whipped cream. Quinces stuffed with meat and spices, baked in the oven A fermented wheat soup, flavored with mint and butter Sweet saffron rice dessert flavored with rose water.
Traditional Local Food
Cappadocia (Turkey)
Main course
Vegetarian
Dolma
DOLL-mah
Dessert
Vegan
Grape Molasses
Pekmez
PEK-mez
Street food
Vegetarian
Gözleme
GURZ-leh-meh
Snack
Vegetarian
Kaymak
KAI-mahk
🥩
Starter
Meat
Lamb Testicles Liver
Koç Yumurtası Ciğeri
Kohch yoo-moor-TAHS-uh djih-EHR-ih
Main course
Meat
Manti
Mantı
MAHN-tuh
Main course
Vegetarian
Menemen
MEH-neh-mehn
Dessert
Vegetarian
Pumpkin Dessert
Kabak Tatlısı
kah-BAHK tah-tluh-SUH
🌿
Dessert
Vegetarian
Stuffed Apricots
Kayısı Tatlısı
kah-yih-SU tah-tluh-SUH
Main course
Meat
Stuffed Quince
Ayva Dolması
AY-vah dol-MAH-suh
🌿
Soup
Vegetarian
Zelincik
ZEL-in-chick
Dessert
Vegan
Zerde
ZER-deh
