Similar Climates › City Pairings › Halifax ≈ Hakodate
City Pairings
loose match
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Hakodate, Japan are a loose climate match — 10,105 km (6,279 mi) apart. Halifax is Köppen zone Dfb; Hakodate is Cfa.
See Halifax on the interactive map →Halifax is classed warm-summer continental (Dfb) while Hakodate is humid subtropical (Cfa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 10,105 km (6,279 mi) separates them — far enough that Hakodate feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Halifax.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Halifax, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 2°C (Hakodate warmer); July by 2°C (Hakodate warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Hakodate is 68 mm drier in January, and 33 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Hakodate at 7.6 h/day on average versus 7.4 h/day in Halifax (January 6.6 h / 4.9 h, July 8.7 h / 9.8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (8 µg/m³ in Hakodate, 6 in Halifax). Dew points differ modestly (January -7°C vs -6°C; July 17°C vs 14°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Compare Halifax and Hakodate month by month on the interactive map →
See Hakodate's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Hakodate, Japan is the closest distant match for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — scored loose, about 10,105 km (6,279 mi) away.
Halifax and Hakodate are separated by roughly 10,105 km (6,279 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 — Halifax is warm-summer continental (Dfb) and Hakodate is humid subtropical (Cfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Halifax has a warm-summer continental climate (Dfb). January averages a high of 0°C and a low of -9°C with 145 mm of rain; July averages 23°C / 14°C and 98 mm.
Halifax averages about 4.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 4.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 35); July averages 7 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for Halifax: Sapporo (loose), Juneau (loose), Salzburg (loose).
All warm-summer continental (Dfb) cities on Similar Climates →
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