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City Pairings
loose match
Nuuk, Greenland and Stanley, Falkland Islands are a loose climate match — 12,895 km (8,013 mi) apart. Nuuk is Köppen zone ET; Stanley is ET.
See Nuuk on the interactive map →Nuuk and Stanley both sit in the tundra (ET) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Nuuk’s January against Stanley’s July. Roughly 12,895 km (8,013 mi) separates them — far enough that Stanley feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Nuuk.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Nuuk, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 10°C (Stanley warmer); July by 2°C (Stanley warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Stanley is 20 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Stanley averages 8.1 hours a day across the two months vs 6.0 in Nuuk (2.0 h/day more; January 4.6 h vs 1.5 h, July 11.6 h vs 10.6 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Stanley, 3 in Nuuk). Humidity: dew point in Stanley runs about 11°C higher in January (0°C vs -11°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Stanley is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Nuuk's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Nuuk and Stanley month by month on the interactive map →
See Stanley's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Stanley, Falkland Islands is the closest distant match for Nuuk, Greenland — scored loose, about 12,895 km (8,013 mi) away.
Nuuk and Stanley are separated by roughly 12,895 km (8,013 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Stanley’s July pairs with Nuuk’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are tundra (ET).
Nuuk has a tundra climate (ET). January averages a high of -5°C and a low of -11°C with 40 mm of rain; July averages 11°C / 4°C and 80 mm.
Nuuk averages about 1.5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 1.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 36); July averages 5.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 31).
Other close climate matches for Nuuk: Ushuaia (loose), Punta Arenas (loose), Murmansk (loose).
All tundra (ET) cities on Similar Climates →
Explore Nuuk and Stanley on the interactive map →