Similar Climates › City Pairings › Magadan ≈ Anchorage
City Pairings
loose match
Magadan, Russia and Anchorage, Alaska are a loose climate match — 3,151 km (1,958 mi) apart. Magadan is Köppen zone Dfc; Anchorage is Dsc.
See Magadan on the interactive map →Magadan is classed subarctic (Dfc) while Anchorage is dry-summer subarctic (Dsc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 3,151 km (1,958 mi) apart, so Anchorage is a reachable stand-in when you want Magadan’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Magadan, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 11°C (Anchorage warmer); July by 3°C (Anchorage warmer).
Sunshine stays close: Anchorage at 6.8 h/day on average versus 7.2 h/day in Magadan (January 2.8 h / 4 h, July 10.8 h / 10.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Anchorage, 8 in Magadan). Humidity: dew point in Anchorage runs about 10°C higher in January (-11°C vs -21°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Anchorage, Alaska is the closest distant match for Magadan, Russia — scored loose, about 3,151 km (1,958 mi) away.
Magadan and Anchorage are separated by roughly 3,151 km (1,958 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 — Magadan is subarctic (Dfc) and Anchorage is dry-summer subarctic (Dsc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Magadan has a subarctic climate (Dfc). January averages a high of -16°C and a low of -23°C with 17 mm of rain; July averages 16°C / 9°C and 60 mm.
Magadan averages about 4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 0.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 35); July averages 14.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 54).
Other close climate matches for Magadan: Yellowknife (loose), Iqaluit (loose), Rovaniemi (loose).
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