Similar Climates › City Pairings › Whitehorse ≈ Arkhangelsk
City Pairings
loose match
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada and Arkhangelsk, Russia are a loose climate match — 6,081 km (3,779 mi) apart. Whitehorse is Köppen zone Dsc; Arkhangelsk is Dfc.
See Whitehorse on the interactive map →Whitehorse is classed dry-summer subarctic (Dsc) while Arkhangelsk is subarctic (Dfc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 6,081 km (3,779 mi) apart, so Arkhangelsk is a reachable stand-in when you want Whitehorse’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Whitehorse, though not a perfect copy. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Arkhangelsk warmer); July by 2°C (Arkhangelsk warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Arkhangelsk is 32 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Arkhangelsk averages 6.8 hours a day across the two months vs 8.0 in Whitehorse (1.2 h/day less; January 0.8 h vs 3.2 h, July 12.8 h vs 12.8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Arkhangelsk, 5 in Whitehorse). Dew points differ modestly (January -14°C vs -15°C; July 10°C vs 7°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Arkhangelsk, Russia is the closest distant match for Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada — scored loose, about 6,081 km (3,779 mi) away.
Whitehorse and Arkhangelsk are separated by roughly 6,081 km (3,779 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 — Whitehorse is dry-summer subarctic (Dsc) and Arkhangelsk is subarctic (Dfc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Whitehorse has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Dsc). January averages a high of -11°C and a low of -19°C with 17 mm of rain; July averages 21°C / 8°C and 38 mm.
Whitehorse averages about 3.2 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 0.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 36); July averages 9.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 42).
Other close climate matches for Whitehorse: Rovaniemi (loose), Astana (loose), Yekaterinburg (loose).
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