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City Pairings
close match
Almaty, Kazakhstan and Skopje, North Macedonia are a close climate match — 4,456 km (2,769 mi) apart. Almaty is Köppen zone BSk; Skopje is Cfa.
See Almaty on the interactive map →Looking outward from Almaty (cold steppe, BSk), the closest distant match is Skopje (humid subtropical, Cfa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Almaty's point of view, Skopje sits about 4,456 km (2,769 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Almaty, Skopje is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 4°C (Skopje warmer); July by 0°C (Skopje cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 2 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Skopje at 10.0 h/day on average versus 9.7 h/day in Almaty (January 6.4 h / 6.8 h, July 13.6 h / 12.6 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 20 µg/m³ in Skopje vs 26 in Almaty (lower by 6 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Skopje runs about 9°C higher in January (-2°C vs -11°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Skopje, North Macedonia is the closest distant match for Almaty, Kazakhstan — scored close, about 4,456 km (2,769 mi) away.
Almaty and Skopje are separated by roughly 4,456 km (2,769 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Almaty is cold steppe (BSk) and Skopje is humid subtropical (Cfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Almaty has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 0°C and a low of -8°C with 34 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 17°C and 33 mm.
Almaty averages about 6.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 39.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 108); July averages 13.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 70).
Other close climate matches for Almaty: Bucharest (close), Sofia (close), Volgograd (close).
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