Similar Climates › City Pairings › Shenyang ≈ Saint Paul
City Pairings
loose match
Shenyang, China and Saint Paul, Minnesota are a loose climate match — 9,710 km (6,034 mi) apart. Shenyang is Köppen zone Dwa; Saint Paul is Dfa.
See Shenyang on the interactive map →Shenyang is classed dry-winter continental (Dwa) while Saint Paul is hot-summer continental (Dfa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 9,710 km (6,034 mi) separates them — far enough that Saint Paul feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Shenyang.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Shenyang, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 2°C (Saint Paul warmer); July by 1°C (Saint Paul cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Saint Paul is 68 mm drier in July, and 17 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Saint Paul at 9.1 h/day on average versus 8.9 h/day in Shenyang (January 5.5 h / 8.1 h, July 12.7 h / 9.7 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³ in Saint Paul vs 35 in Shenyang (lower by 23 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Saint Paul runs about 5°C higher in January (-13°C vs -18°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Saint Paul, Minnesota is the closest distant match for Shenyang, China — scored loose, about 9,710 km (6,034 mi) away.
Shenyang and Saint Paul are separated by roughly 9,710 km (6,034 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 — Shenyang is dry-winter continental (Dwa) and Saint Paul is hot-summer continental (Dfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Shenyang has a dry-winter continental climate (Dwa). January averages a high of -5°C and a low of -16°C with 5 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 21°C and 175 mm.
Shenyang averages about 8.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 35.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 101); July averages 35.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 104).
Other close climate matches for Shenyang: Madison (loose), Des Moines (loose), Kansas City (loose).
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