City Pairings
Cold Steppe cities (BSk)
BSk is cold steppe: semi-arid with cold winters and warm summers. Rain or snow is modest — more than desert, less than humid climates.
26 cities in this zone on the atlas. January highs run from -16°C to 30°C; July highs from 15°C to 37°C (roster normals).
Largest roster city: Beijing, China ≈ Daegu, South Korea.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico ≈ Mendoza, Argentina
- Almaty, Kazakhstan ≈ Skopje, North Macedonia
- Amman, Jordan ≈ Fes, Morocco
- Baku, Azerbaijan ≈ Athens, Greece
- Beijing, China ≈ Daegu, South Korea
- Bloemfontein, South Africa ≈ Denver, Colorado
- Cheyenne, Wyoming ≈ Erzurum, Türkiye
- Damascus, Syria ≈ Sacramento, California
- Denver, Colorado ≈ Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Helena, Montana ≈ Erzurum, Türkiye
- Hohhot, China ≈ Bismarck, North Dakota
- Kabul, Afghanistan ≈ Boise, Idaho
- Lanzhou, China ≈ Bismarck, North Dakota
- Lhasa, China ≈ Cusco, Peru
- Los Angeles, California ≈ Rabat, Morocco
- Mashhad, Iran ≈ Madrid, Spain
- Pierre, South Dakota ≈ Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Quetta, Pakistan ≈ Seville, Spain
- San Diego, California ≈ Casablanca, Morocco
- Santiago, Chile ≈ Sacramento, California
- Sucre, Bolivia ≈ Mexico City, Mexico
- Tehran, Iran ≈ Las Vegas, Nevada
- Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico ≈ Agadir, Morocco
- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia ≈ Fairbanks, Alaska
- Xi'an, China ≈ Kansas City, Missouri
- Ürümqi, China ≈ Bismarck, North Dakota