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City Pairings
close match
Rovaniemi, Finland and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada are a close climate match — 6,233 km (3,873 mi) apart. Rovaniemi is Köppen zone Dfc; Edmonton is Dfb.
See Rovaniemi on the interactive map →Rovaniemi is classed subarctic (Dfc) while Edmonton is warm-summer continental (Dfb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 6,233 km (3,873 mi) apart, so Edmonton is a reachable stand-in when you want Rovaniemi’s weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Edmonton should feel familiar if you know Rovaniemi. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Edmonton warmer); July by 2°C (Edmonton warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Edmonton is 23 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Edmonton averages 8.9 hours a day across the two months vs 6.5 in Rovaniemi (2.5 h/day more; January 5 h vs 0.6 h, July 12.9 h vs 12.3 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 20 µg/m³ in Edmonton vs 3 in Rovaniemi (higher by 17 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -14°C vs -14°C; July 11°C vs 9°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is the closest distant match for Rovaniemi, Finland — scored close, about 6,233 km (3,873 mi) away.
Rovaniemi and Edmonton are separated by roughly 6,233 km (3,873 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 — Rovaniemi is subarctic (Dfc) and Edmonton is warm-summer continental (Dfb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Rovaniemi has a subarctic climate (Dfc). January averages a high of -8°C and a low of -16°C with 35 mm of rain; July averages 21°C / 11°C and 70 mm.
Rovaniemi averages about 0.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 3.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 30); July averages 2.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 23).
Other close climate matches for Rovaniemi: Yekaterinburg (fair), Kazan (fair), Novosibirsk (fair).
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