The Karamürsel shore lies on the south side of the Gulf of İzmit and is used as a picnic ground by the people of the district, for the greenery along it and for a day out with children.
It is 36 kilometres from the centre of Kocaeli, reached by the public buses that run to Karamürsel.
Getting there
- Access
- The Karamürsel shore is thirty-six kilometres from central Kocaeli and is reached by the Karamürsel public buses.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kocaeli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.3 °C in January to 24 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (108 mm) and lightest in August (42 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
