Similar Climates › City Pairings › Anchorage ≈ Murmansk
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fair match
Anchorage, Alaska and Murmansk, Russia are a fair climate match — 5,537 km (3,441 mi) apart. Anchorage is Köppen zone Dsc; Murmansk is Dfc.
See Anchorage on the interactive map →Looking outward from Anchorage (dry-summer subarctic, Dsc), the closest distant match is Murmansk (subarctic, Dfc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Anchorage's point of view, Murmansk sits about 5,537 km (3,441 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Anchorage, Murmansk is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 2°C (Murmansk cooler); July by 2°C (Murmansk cooler).
Sunshine stays close: Murmansk at 6.1 h/day on average versus 6.8 h/day in Anchorage (January 0.3 h / 2.8 h, July 11.8 h / 10.8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Murmansk, 6 in Anchorage). Dew points differ modestly (January -12°C vs -11°C; July 7°C vs 10°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Murmansk, Russia is the closest distant match for Anchorage, Alaska — scored fair, about 5,537 km (3,441 mi) away.
Anchorage and Murmansk are separated by roughly 5,537 km (3,441 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 — Anchorage is dry-summer subarctic (Dsc) and Murmansk is subarctic (Dfc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Anchorage has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Dsc). January averages a high of -5°C and a low of -12°C with 20 mm of rain; July averages 19°C / 12°C and 48 mm.
Anchorage averages about 2.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 38); July averages 4.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 28).
Other close climate matches for Anchorage: Helsinki (loose), Arkhangelsk (loose), Rovaniemi (loose).
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