Similar Climates › City Pairings › Chita ≈ Fairbanks
City Pairings
close match
Chita, Russia and Fairbanks, Alaska are a close climate match — 5,298 km (3,292 mi) apart. Chita is Köppen zone Dwc; Fairbanks is Dfc.
See Chita on the interactive map →Chita is classed dry-winter subarctic (Dwc) while Fairbanks is subarctic (Dfc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 5,298 km (3,292 mi) apart, so Fairbanks is a reachable stand-in when you want Chita’s weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Fairbanks should feel familiar if you know Chita. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Fairbanks warmer); July by 2°C (Fairbanks cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Fairbanks is 33 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Fairbanks averages 7.2 hours a day across the two months vs 9.4 in Chita (2.2 h/day less; January 2.5 h vs 6.9 h, July 11.8 h vs 11.8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Fairbanks, 10 in Chita). Humidity: dew point in Fairbanks runs about 6°C higher in January (-22°C vs -28°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Fairbanks, Alaska is the closest distant match for Chita, Russia — scored close, about 5,298 km (3,292 mi) away.
Chita and Fairbanks are separated by roughly 5,298 km (3,292 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 — Chita is dry-winter subarctic (Dwc) and Fairbanks is subarctic (Dfc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Chita has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc). January averages a high of -19°C and a low of -28°C with 5 mm of rain; July averages 25°C / 13°C and 90 mm.
Chita averages about 6.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 4.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 32); July averages 15.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 59).
Other close climate matches for Chita: Winnipeg (fair), Astana (loose), Regina (loose).
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