Similar Climates › City Pairings › Erzurum ≈ Helena
City Pairings
close match
Erzurum, Türkiye and Helena, Montana are a close climate match — 10,039 km (6,238 mi) apart. Erzurum is Köppen zone Dsb; Helena is BSk.
See Erzurum on the interactive map →Looking outward from Erzurum (dry-summer continental, Dsb), the closest distant match is Helena (cold steppe, BSk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Erzurum looks across roughly 10,039 km (6,238 mi) to Helena: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Erzurum, Helena is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 3°C (Helena warmer); July by 2°C (Helena warmer).
Sunshine stays close: Helena at 10.4 h/day on average versus 10.3 h/day in Erzurum (January 6.7 h / 7 h, July 14.1 h / 13.7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Helena, 9 in Erzurum). Dew points differ modestly (January -11°C vs -14°C; July 7°C vs 7°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Helena, Montana is the closest distant match for Erzurum, Türkiye — scored close, about 10,039 km (6,238 mi) away.
Erzurum and Helena are separated by roughly 10,039 km (6,238 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 — Erzurum is dry-summer continental (Dsb) and Helena is cold steppe (BSk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Erzurum has a dry-summer continental climate (Dsb). January averages a high of -4°C and a low of -14°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 11°C and 28 mm.
Erzurum averages about 7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 12.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 55); July averages 6.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 39).
Other close climate matches for Erzurum: Regina (loose), Cheyenne (loose), Bismarck (loose).
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