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City Pairings
loose match
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands and Tromsø, Norway are a loose climate match — 1,430 km (889 mi) apart. Tórshavn is Köppen zone Cfc; Tromsø is Dfc.
See Tórshavn on the interactive map →Tórshavn is classed subpolar oceanic (Cfc) while Tromsø is subarctic (Dfc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They sit only about 1,430 km (889 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Tórshavn, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 8°C (Tromsø cooler); July by 1°C (Tromsø warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Tromsø is 55 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Tromsø averages 5.8 hours a day across the two months vs 4.8 in Tórshavn (1.0 h/day more; January 0.1 h vs 1.8 h, July 11.6 h vs 7.8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (3 µg/m³ in Tromsø, 3 in Tórshavn). Humidity: dew point in Tromsø runs about 8°C lower in January (-7°C vs 1°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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See Tromsø's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Tromsø, Norway is the closest distant match for Tórshavn, Faroe Islands — scored loose, about 1,430 km (889 mi) away.
Tórshavn and Tromsø are separated by roughly 1,430 km (889 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 — Tórshavn is subpolar oceanic (Cfc) and Tromsø is subarctic (Dfc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Tórshavn has a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc). January averages a high of 6°C and a low of 2°C with 150 mm of rain; July averages 13°C / 9°C and 75 mm.
Tórshavn averages about 1.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 7.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 2.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 35); July averages 3.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 26).
Other close climate matches for Tórshavn: Puerto Montt (loose), Stanley (loose), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (loose).
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