Similar Climates › City Pairings › Dalian ≈ Saint Paul
City Pairings
loose match
Dalian, China and Saint Paul, Minnesota are a loose climate match — 10,065 km (6,254 mi) apart. Dalian is Köppen zone Dwa; Saint Paul is Dfa.
See Dalian on the interactive map →Dalian 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 10,065 km (6,254 mi) separates them — far enough that Saint Paul feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Dalian.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Dalian, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 5°C (Saint Paul cooler); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Saint Paul is 58 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Saint Paul at 9.1 h/day on average versus 9.0 h/day in Dalian (January 5.5 h / 7.9 h, July 12.7 h / 10.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³ in Saint Paul vs 28 in Dalian (lower by 15 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Saint Paul runs about 5°C lower in July (16°C vs 21°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Saint Paul, Minnesota is the closest distant match for Dalian, China — scored loose, about 10,065 km (6,254 mi) away.
Dalian and Saint Paul are separated by roughly 10,065 km (6,254 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 — Dalian 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.
Dalian has a dry-winter continental climate (Dwa). January averages a high of 0°C and a low of -7°C with 10 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 21°C and 165 mm.
Dalian averages about 7.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 26.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 82); July averages 29.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 101).
Other close climate matches for Dalian: Milwaukee (loose), Toronto (loose), Chicago (loose).
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