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City Pairings
loose match
Vladivostok, Russia and Anchorage, Alaska are a loose climate match — 5,324 km (3,308 mi) apart. Vladivostok is Köppen zone Dwb; Anchorage is Dsc.
See Vladivostok on the interactive map →Vladivostok is classed dry-winter continental (Dwb) while Anchorage is dry-summer subarctic (Dsc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 5,324 km (3,308 mi) apart, so Anchorage is a reachable stand-in when you want Vladivostok’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Vladivostok, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 4°C (Anchorage warmer); July by 3°C (Anchorage cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Anchorage is 37 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Anchorage averages 6.8 hours a day across the two months vs 8.4 in Vladivostok (1.6 h/day less; January 2.8 h vs 8.1 h, July 10.8 h vs 8.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 6 µg/m³ in Anchorage vs 11 in Vladivostok (lower by 6 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Anchorage runs about 8°C higher in January (-11°C vs -19°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Anchorage, Alaska is the closest distant match for Vladivostok, Russia — scored loose, about 5,324 km (3,308 mi) away.
Vladivostok and Anchorage are separated by roughly 5,324 km (3,308 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 — Vladivostok is dry-winter continental (Dwb) and Anchorage is dry-summer subarctic (Dsc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Vladivostok has a dry-winter continental climate (Dwb). January averages a high of -9°C and a low of -16°C with 12 mm of rain; July averages 21°C / 16°C and 85 mm.
Vladivostok averages about 8.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 10.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 50); July averages 11.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 54).
Other close climate matches for Vladivostok: Helsinki (loose), Minsk (loose), Yellowknife (loose).
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