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City Pairings
loose match
Lincoln, Nebraska and Lanzhou, China are a loose climate match — 11,214 km (6,968 mi) apart. Lincoln is Köppen zone Dfa; Lanzhou is BSk.
See Lincoln on the interactive map →Lincoln is classed hot-summer continental (Dfa) while Lanzhou is cold steppe (BSk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 11,214 km (6,968 mi) separates them — far enough that Lanzhou feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Lincoln.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Lincoln, though not a perfect copy. July by 2°C (Lanzhou cooler); January means match within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Lanzhou is 15 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Lanzhou at 9.7 h/day on average versus 9.7 h/day in Lincoln (January 8.7 h / 6.6 h, July 10.7 h / 12.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 29 µg/m³ in Lanzhou vs 10 in Lincoln (higher by 19 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Lanzhou runs about 5°C lower in January (-14°C vs -9°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Lanzhou, China is the closest distant match for Lincoln, Nebraska — scored loose, about 11,214 km (6,968 mi) away.
Lincoln and Lanzhou are separated by roughly 11,214 km (6,968 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 — Lincoln is hot-summer continental (Dfa) and Lanzhou is cold steppe (BSk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Lincoln has a hot-summer continental climate (Dfa). January averages a high of 2°C and a low of -10°C with 17 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 19°C and 95 mm.
Lincoln averages about 6.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 7.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 42); July averages 12.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 57).
Other close climate matches for Lincoln: Hohhot (loose), Almaty (loose), Bishkek (loose).
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