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City Pairings
close match
Bern, Switzerland and Pristina, Kosovo are a close climate match — 1,180 km (733 mi) apart. Bern is Köppen zone Cfb; Pristina is Cfb.
See Bern on the interactive map →Bern and Pristina both sit in the oceanic (Cfb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,180 km (733 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Pristina should feel familiar if you know Bern. January means differ by 2°C (Pristina cooler); July by 0°C (Pristina warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Pristina is 50 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Pristina averages 9.8 hours a day across the two months vs 8.8 in Bern (1.0 h/day more; January 6.1 h vs 5.2 h, July 13.6 h vs 12.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 17 µg/m³ in Pristina vs 8 in Bern (higher by 9 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -4°C vs -2°C; July 11°C vs 12°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Compare Bern and Pristina month by month on the interactive map →
See Pristina's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Pristina, Kosovo is the closest distant match for Bern, Switzerland — scored close, about 1,180 km (733 mi) away.
Bern and Pristina are separated by roughly 1,180 km (733 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are oceanic (Cfb).
Bern has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 4°C and a low of -3°C with 60 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 12°C and 105 mm.
Bern averages about 5.2 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 45); July averages 5.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 38).
Other close climate matches for Bern: Sarajevo (close), Christchurch (loose), Vilnius (fair).
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