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City Pairings
fair match
Tromsø, Norway and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia are a fair climate match — 5,987 km (3,720 mi) apart. Tromsø is Köppen zone Dfc; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is Dfc.
See Tromsø on the interactive map →Looking outward from Tromsø, the atlas lands on Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the same subarctic (Dfc) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. From Tromsø's point of view, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky sits about 5,987 km (3,720 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Tromsø, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 4°C (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky cooler); July by 2°C (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is 25 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky averages 7.2 hours a day across the two months vs 5.8 in Tromsø (1.4 h/day more; January 4.7 h vs 0.1 h, July 9.8 h vs 11.6 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (4 µg/m³ in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 3 in Tromsø). Humidity: dew point in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky runs about 5°C lower in January (-12°C vs -7°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia is the closest distant match for Tromsø, Norway — scored fair, about 5,987 km (3,720 mi) away.
Tromsø and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky are separated by roughly 5,987 km (3,720 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are subarctic (Dfc).
Tromsø has a subarctic climate (Dfc). January averages a high of -1°C and a low of -6°C with 95 mm of rain; July averages 15°C / 9°C and 75 mm.
Tromsø averages about 0.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 2.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 28); July averages 2.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 24).
Other close climate matches for Tromsø: Reykjavík (close), Juneau (loose), Stanley (loose).
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