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City Pairings
close match
Moscow, Russia and Oslo, Norway are a close climate match — 1,644 km (1,022 mi) apart. Moscow is Köppen zone Dfb; Oslo is Dfb.
See Moscow on the interactive map →Moscow and Oslo both sit in the warm-summer continental (Dfb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,644 km (1,022 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Oslo should feel familiar if you know Moscow. January means differ by 3°C (Oslo warmer); July by 2°C (Oslo cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 2 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Oslo at 7.6 h/day on average versus 7.1 h/day in Moscow (January 2.7 h / 1.6 h, July 12.5 h / 12.6 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 7 µg/m³ in Oslo vs 22 in Moscow (lower by 15 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Oslo runs about 6°C higher in January (-5°C vs -11°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Oslo, Norway is the closest distant match for Moscow, Russia — scored close, about 1,644 km (1,022 mi) away.
Moscow and Oslo are separated by roughly 1,644 km (1,022 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are warm-summer continental (Dfb).
Moscow has a warm-summer continental climate (Dfb). January averages a high of -4°C and a low of -9°C with 52 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 14°C and 85 mm.
Moscow averages about 1.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 27.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 84); July averages 17.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 65).
Other close climate matches for Moscow: Stockholm (close), Tallinn (close), Kraków (close).
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