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City Pairings
close match
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Fairbanks, Alaska are a close climate match — 5,940 km (3,691 mi) apart. Ulaanbaatar is Köppen zone BSk; Fairbanks is Dfc.
See Ulaanbaatar on the interactive map →Looking outward from Ulaanbaatar (cold steppe, BSk), the closest distant match is Fairbanks (subarctic, Dfc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Ulaanbaatar's point of view, Fairbanks sits about 5,940 km (3,691 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Ulaanbaatar, Fairbanks is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Fairbanks cooler); July by 1°C (Fairbanks warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Fairbanks is 19 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Fairbanks averages 7.2 hours a day across the two months vs 9.6 in Ulaanbaatar (2.4 h/day less; January 2.5 h vs 8 h, July 11.8 h vs 11.2 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 6 µg/m³ in Fairbanks vs 20 in Ulaanbaatar (lower by 14 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -22°C vs -25°C; July 9°C vs 9°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Fairbanks, Alaska is the closest distant match for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — scored close, about 5,940 km (3,691 mi) away.
Ulaanbaatar and Fairbanks are separated by roughly 5,940 km (3,691 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 — Ulaanbaatar is cold steppe (BSk) and Fairbanks is subarctic (Dfc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Ulaanbaatar has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of -16°C and a low of -26°C with 2 mm of rain; July averages 22°C / 11°C and 76 mm.
Ulaanbaatar averages about 8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 30.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 94); July averages 9.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 48).
Other close climate matches for Ulaanbaatar: Winnipeg (loose), Edmonton (loose), Yellowknife (loose).
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