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City Pairings
loose match
Salzburg, Austria and Lansing, Michigan are a loose climate match — 7,123 km (4,426 mi) apart. Salzburg is Köppen zone Cfb; Lansing is Dfb.
See Salzburg on the interactive map →Salzburg is classed oceanic (Cfb) while Lansing is warm-summer continental (Dfb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 7,123 km (4,426 mi) apart, so Lansing is a reachable stand-in when you want Salzburg’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Salzburg, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 4°C (Lansing cooler); July by 4°C (Lansing warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Lansing is 60 mm drier in July, and 15 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Lansing at 8.2 h/day on average versus 8.2 h/day in Salzburg (January 4.2 h / 4.8 h, July 12.1 h / 11.5 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Lansing, 11 in Salzburg). Humidity: dew point in Lansing runs about 4°C lower in January (-8°C vs -4°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Lansing, Michigan is the closest distant match for Salzburg, Austria — scored loose, about 7,123 km (4,426 mi) away.
Salzburg and Lansing are separated by roughly 7,123 km (4,426 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 — Salzburg is oceanic (Cfb) and Lansing is warm-summer continental (Dfb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Salzburg has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 3°C and a low of -4°C with 60 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 13°C and 140 mm.
Salzburg averages about 4.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 14.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 59); July averages 6.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for Salzburg: Montreal (loose), Hobart (loose), Hakodate (loose).
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