Similar Climates › City Pairings › Changchun ≈ Saint Paul
City Pairings
loose match
Changchun, China and Saint Paul, Minnesota are a loose climate match — 9,434 km (5,862 mi) apart. Changchun is Köppen zone Dwa; Saint Paul is Dfa.
See Changchun on the interactive map →Changchun is classed dry-winter continental (Dwa) while Saint Paul is hot-summer continental (Dfa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 9,434 km (5,862 mi) separates them — far enough that Saint Paul feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Changchun.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Changchun, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 5°C (Saint Paul warmer); July by 0°C (Saint Paul warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Saint Paul is 63 mm drier in July, and 19 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Saint Paul at 9.1 h/day on average versus 9.0 h/day in Changchun (January 5.5 h / 7.7 h, July 12.7 h / 10.3 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³ in Saint Paul vs 29 in Changchun (lower by 16 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Saint Paul runs about 8°C higher in January (-13°C vs -21°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Saint Paul, Minnesota is the closest distant match for Changchun, China — scored loose, about 9,434 km (5,862 mi) away.
Changchun and Saint Paul are separated by roughly 9,434 km (5,862 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 — Changchun is dry-winter continental (Dwa) and Saint Paul is hot-summer continental (Dfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Changchun has a dry-winter continental climate (Dwa). January averages a high of -8°C and a low of -19°C with 3 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 19°C and 170 mm.
Changchun averages about 7.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 28.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 86); July averages 29 µg/m³ (US AQI 91).
Other close climate matches for Changchun: Madison (loose), Des Moines (loose), Novosibirsk (loose).
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