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City Pairings
loose match
Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Erzurum, Türkiye are a loose climate match — 9,621 km (5,978 mi) apart. Calgary is Köppen zone Dfb; Erzurum is Dsb.
See Calgary on the interactive map →Calgary is classed warm-summer continental (Dfb) while Erzurum is dry-summer continental (Dsb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 9,621 km (5,978 mi) separates them — far enough that Erzurum feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Calgary.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Calgary, though not a perfect copy. July by 3°C (Erzurum warmer); January means differ by 2°C (Erzurum cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Erzurum is 66 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Erzurum at 10.3 h/day on average versus 9.8 h/day in Calgary (January 7 h / 6 h, July 13.7 h / 13.5 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Erzurum, 12 in Calgary).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Erzurum, Türkiye is the closest distant match for Calgary, Alberta, Canada — scored loose, about 9,621 km (5,978 mi) away.
Calgary and Erzurum are separated by roughly 9,621 km (5,978 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 — Calgary is warm-summer continental (Dfb) and Erzurum is dry-summer continental (Dsb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Calgary has a warm-summer continental climate (Dfb). January averages a high of -1°C and a low of -13°C with 12 mm of rain; July averages 23°C / 9°C and 94 mm.
Calgary averages about 6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 37); July averages 18.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 68).
Other close climate matches for Calgary: Duluth (loose), Montpelier (loose), Irkutsk (loose).
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