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fair match
Bismarck, North Dakota and Hohhot, China are a fair climate match — 9,757 km (6,063 mi) apart. Bismarck is Köppen zone Dfb; Hohhot is BSk.
See Bismarck on the interactive map →Looking outward from Bismarck (warm-summer continental, Dfb), the closest distant match is Hohhot (cold steppe, BSk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Bismarck looks across roughly 9,757 km (6,063 mi) to Hohhot: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Bismarck, Hohhot is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Hohhot cooler); July by 1°C (Hohhot warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Hohhot is 40 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Hohhot at 9.4 h/day on average versus 9.7 h/day in Bismarck (January 8.4 h / 5.9 h, July 10.5 h / 13.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 27 µg/m³ in Hohhot vs 10 in Bismarck (higher by 16 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Hohhot runs about 6°C lower in January (-20°C vs -14°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Hohhot, China is the closest distant match for Bismarck, North Dakota — scored fair, about 9,757 km (6,063 mi) away.
Bismarck and Hohhot are separated by roughly 9,757 km (6,063 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 — Bismarck is warm-summer continental (Dfb) and Hohhot is cold steppe (BSk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Bismarck has a warm-summer continental climate (Dfb). January averages a high of -5°C and a low of -16°C with 12 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 15°C and 70 mm.
Bismarck averages about 5.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 36); July averages 15.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 61).
Other close climate matches for Bismarck: Ürümqi (fair), Lanzhou (loose), Erzurum (loose).
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