Similar Climates › City Pairings › Podgorica ≈ Portland
City Pairings
loose match
Podgorica, Montenegro and Portland, Oregon are a loose climate match — 9,533 km (5,924 mi) apart. Podgorica is Köppen zone Csa; Portland is Csb.
See Podgorica on the interactive map →Podgorica is classed hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) while Portland is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 9,533 km (5,924 mi) separates them — far enough that Portland feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Podgorica.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Podgorica, though not a perfect copy. July by 4°C (Portland cooler); January means match within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Portland is 27 mm drier in July, and 20 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Portland averages 8.6 hours a day across the two months vs 9.9 in Podgorica (1.2 h/day less; January 4.1 h vs 6.1 h, July 13.2 h vs 13.7 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 6 µg/m³ in Portland vs 14 in Podgorica (lower by 8 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Portland runs about 4°C lower in July (11°C vs 15°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Portland, Oregon is the closest distant match for Podgorica, Montenegro — scored loose, about 9,533 km (5,924 mi) away.
Podgorica and Portland are separated by roughly 9,533 km (5,924 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 — Podgorica is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Portland is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Podgorica has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 9°C and a low of 1°C with 150 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 19°C and 40 mm.
Podgorica averages about 6.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 17.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 66); July averages 9.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 49).
Other close climate matches for Podgorica: Annapolis (loose), Nashville (loose), Providence (loose).
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