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City Pairings
close match
Cologne, Germany and Stockholm, Sweden are a close climate match — 1,167 km (725 mi) apart. Cologne is Köppen zone Cfb; Stockholm is Cfb.
See Cologne on the interactive map →Cologne and Stockholm both sit in the oceanic (Cfb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,167 km (725 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Stockholm should feel familiar if you know Cologne. January means differ by 6°C (Stockholm cooler); July by 1°C (Stockholm cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Stockholm is 22 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Stockholm at 7.9 h/day on average versus 7.5 h/day in Cologne (January 2.2 h / 3.7 h, July 13.7 h / 11.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Stockholm, 9 in Cologne). Humidity: dew point in Stockholm runs about 4°C lower in January (-4°C vs 0°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Stockholm, Sweden is the closest distant match for Cologne, Germany — scored close, about 1,167 km (725 mi) away.
Cologne and Stockholm are separated by roughly 1,167 km (725 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are oceanic (Cfb).
Cologne has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 5°C and a low of 0°C with 62 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 14°C and 72 mm.
Cologne averages about 3.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 11 µg/m³ (US AQI 49); July averages 7.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for Cologne: Riga (fair), Hobart (fair), Saint Petersburg (fair).
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