Similar Climates › City Pairings › Hohhot ≈ Bismarck
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fair match
Hohhot, China and Bismarck, North Dakota are a fair climate match — 9,757 km (6,063 mi) apart. Hohhot is Köppen zone BSk; Bismarck is Dfb.
See Hohhot on the interactive map →Looking outward from Hohhot (cold steppe, BSk), the closest distant match is Bismarck (warm-summer continental, Dfb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Hohhot looks across roughly 9,757 km (6,063 mi) to Bismarck: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Hohhot, Bismarck is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Bismarck warmer); July by 1°C (Bismarck cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Bismarck is 40 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Bismarck at 9.7 h/day on average versus 9.4 h/day in Hohhot (January 5.9 h / 8.4 h, July 13.5 h / 10.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 10 µg/m³ in Bismarck vs 27 in Hohhot (lower by 16 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Bismarck runs about 6°C higher in January (-14°C vs -20°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Bismarck, North Dakota is the closest distant match for Hohhot, China — scored fair, about 9,757 km (6,063 mi) away.
Hohhot and Bismarck are separated by roughly 9,757 km (6,063 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 — Hohhot is cold steppe (BSk) and Bismarck is warm-summer continental (Dfb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Hohhot has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of -6°C and a low of -16°C with 3 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 17°C and 110 mm.
Hohhot averages about 8.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 34.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 99); July averages 19.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 82).
Other close climate matches for Hohhot: Madison (fair), Saint Paul (fair), Des Moines (loose).
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