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City Pairings
close match
Helena, Montana and Erzurum, Türkiye are a close climate match — 10,039 km (6,238 mi) apart. Helena is Köppen zone BSk; Erzurum is Dsb.
See Helena on the interactive map →Looking outward from Helena (cold steppe, BSk), the closest distant match is Erzurum (dry-summer continental, Dsb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Helena looks across roughly 10,039 km (6,238 mi) to Erzurum: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Helena, Erzurum is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 3°C (Erzurum cooler); July by 2°C (Erzurum cooler).
Sunshine stays close: Erzurum at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Helena (January 7 h / 6.7 h, July 13.7 h / 14.1 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Erzurum, 6 in Helena). Dew points differ modestly (January -14°C vs -11°C; July 7°C vs 7°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Erzurum, Türkiye is the closest distant match for Helena, Montana — scored close, about 10,039 km (6,238 mi) away.
Helena and Erzurum 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 — Helena is cold steppe (BSk) and Erzurum is dry-summer continental (Dsb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Helena has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of -1°C and a low of -11°C with 13 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 12°C and 35 mm.
Helena averages about 6.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 14.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 3.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 37); July averages 9.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 51).
Other close climate matches for Helena: Bishkek (loose), Ürümqi (loose), Skopje (loose).
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