Coldest big cities in the world (frost, compared, ground, summer)
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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)
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
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.
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.
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.
-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.
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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