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Old 12-16-2012, 09:15 PM
 
Location: State Fire and Ice
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But I think that in these cities blur(different cold) cold. We do not consider humidity. Why is it always in January is the basis. In Kamchatka, the coldest winter month is February (two weeks)
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Old 12-18-2012, 04:18 PM
 
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Define Megacity, what's the metro population cut-off? If you consider it to be cities over 10 million, than it's Moscow. What about 4 million, is that still a Megacity?
Well a megacity is considered over 10 million so it will indeed be Moscow
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Old 12-20-2012, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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It's still the coldest major city in the world. None of those Russian cities you mention are major (metro of at least 2-3 million). Harbin's competitors would only really be Winnipeg and possibly one of the cities between Moscow and Siberia. Ulan Bator is a small city by world standards.
Winnipeg only has a metro population of 750,000.
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Old 12-20-2012, 09:47 PM
 
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Do you fully understand the question in the OP?

What are the coldest BIG cities in the world. We're talking big on a global scale. 'Big' is a subjective word, but I think most people agree a city of at least 1 million, which would disqualify most if not all cities in Siberia. Do any Siberian cities have a decent skyline? How many of them have traffic jams, or a metro system?

An AVERAGE JANUARY TEMPERATURE of -19C might not be 'cold' to you, but it is to 95% of the world's population and it is still COLDER THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN THE WORLD. Any city in Canada, Western Russia, Sweden...you name it. Ulan Bator is marginally colder but it's got less than a million. Harbin has a metropolitan area of over 5 million people.

So I've always thought it would still be Harbin, although it might be one of the other Russian cities, maybe Perm? Still I don't think it's colder than -19C ON AVERAGE in January.
-19 C is not exceptional as an occasional temperature. Many cities can get this - even NYC on occasion and Chicago at least once or twice during most winters. But as an average that is really cold.
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Old 12-21-2012, 08:52 PM
 
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Seoul is also one of the coldest big cities.

Being the 2nd largest city in the world, it is in fact the coldest among the top 14 largest metropolitan area. (15th is Moscow)

List of largest metropolitan areas
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Old 12-12-2013, 04:28 PM
 
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Seoul definitely tops the list if you define a megacity with population over 15million thanks to Siberian cold air mass from the northeastern Siberia the coldest place on earth after Antarctica.
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Old 12-12-2013, 05:17 PM
 
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-19 C is not exceptional as an occasional temperature. Many cities can get this - even NYC on occasion and Chicago at least once or twice during most winters. But as an average that is really cold.
Yes the January average of NYC is above 0 C.
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Old 12-12-2013, 08:40 PM
 
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Of the biggest 50 cities or so in the world, I think Moscow would be the coldest, followed by Toronto.
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Old 12-12-2013, 09:31 PM
 
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Of the biggest 50 cities or so in the world, I think Moscow would be the coldest, followed by Toronto.
Quite a few Chinese cities are bigger than Toronto and colder, such as Shenyang. But they are not as famous.
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Old 12-12-2013, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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Of the biggest 50 cities or so in the world, I think Moscow would be the coldest, followed by Toronto.
I just looked at Moscow's average lows, which are nowhere near as low as I thought. I think Toronto actually has worse winters.
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