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City Pairings
loose match
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and Salt Lake City, Utah are a loose climate match — 11,207 km (6,964 mi) apart. Ashgabat is Köppen zone BWh; Salt Lake City is Cfa.
See Ashgabat on the interactive map →Ashgabat is classed hot desert (BWh) while Salt Lake City is humid subtropical (Cfa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 11,207 km (6,964 mi) separates them — far enough that Salt Lake City feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Ashgabat.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Ashgabat, though not a perfect copy. July by 4°C (Salt Lake City cooler); January means differ by 4°C (Salt Lake City cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 9 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Salt Lake City at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.1 h/day in Ashgabat (January 6.8 h / 7.4 h, July 13.8 h / 12.7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (10 µg/m³ in Salt Lake City, 12 in Ashgabat). Humidity: dew point in Salt Lake City runs about 7°C lower in January (-8°C vs -1°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Salt Lake City, Utah is the closest distant match for Ashgabat, Turkmenistan — scored loose, about 11,207 km (6,964 mi) away.
Ashgabat and Salt Lake City are separated by roughly 11,207 km (6,964 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 — Ashgabat is hot desert (BWh) and Salt Lake City is humid subtropical (Cfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Ashgabat has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 7°C and a low of -2°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 38°C / 24°C and 5 mm.
Ashgabat averages about 7.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 14.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 58); July averages 10.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 55).
Other close climate matches for Ashgabat: Las Vegas (loose), Tashkent (fair), Aleppo (loose).
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