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City Pairings
loose match
Cheyenne, Wyoming and Erzurum, Türkiye are a loose climate match — 10,373 km (6,445 mi) apart. Cheyenne is Köppen zone BSk; Erzurum is Dsb.
See Cheyenne on the interactive map →Cheyenne is classed cold steppe (BSk) while Erzurum is dry-summer continental (Dsb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 10,373 km (6,445 mi) separates them — far enough that Erzurum feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Cheyenne.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Cheyenne, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 6°C (Erzurum cooler); July by 2°C (Erzurum cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Erzurum is 22 mm drier in July, and 15 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Erzurum at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Cheyenne (January 7 h / 7.9 h, July 13.7 h / 12.9 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Erzurum, 7 in Cheyenne). Dew points differ modestly (January -14°C vs -11°C; July 7°C vs 8°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Erzurum, Türkiye is the closest distant match for Cheyenne, Wyoming — scored loose, about 10,373 km (6,445 mi) away.
Cheyenne and Erzurum are separated by roughly 10,373 km (6,445 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 — Cheyenne is cold steppe (BSk) and Erzurum is dry-summer continental (Dsb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Cheyenne has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 3°C and a low of -9°C with 10 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 13°C and 50 mm.
Cheyenne averages about 7.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 4.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 40); July averages 9.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 55).
Other close climate matches for Cheyenne: Lanzhou (loose), Bishkek (loose), Canberra (loose).
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