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Here is a short study that I did this morning. I compare the average temperature in January for different major cities, as well as Oymyakon and the North Pole. January is normally the coldest month, but for Moscow, it is just a bit colder in February. Temperature values and populations are from Wikipedia. Chicago and Minneapolis temp. data is from NWS NOWDATA. As you can see, Chicago is not much warmer than Moscow in January, but Moscow tends to be cloudy for very long periods of time. Quick note: Beijing China is slightly warmer than Helsinki.

City                          January Mean Temp(F)  Population
Oymyakon Russia (small city)  -51.5                 500
North Pole                    about -25             0
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia          -6.9                  1.3 million 
Irkutsk Russia                 0.0                  587000
Novosibirisk Russia           +2.3                  1.4 million
Winnipeg Canada               +2.5                  730000
Omsk Russia                   +2.7                  1.1 million
Tyumen Russia                 +5.0                  581000
Ufa Russia                    +9.7                  1.0 million
Vladivostok Russia            +9.9                  592000
Edmonton Canada               +13.3                 1.2 million
Minneapolis                   +15.6                 3.8 million
Montreal Canada               +16.0                 3.8 million
Nizhny Novgorod Russia        +16.0                 1.2 million
Moscow Russia                 +20.3                 12 million
Chicago                       +23.8                 9.7 million
Helsinki Finland              +25.0                 1.4 million


(note Oymyakon holds the Northern Hemisphere record, -90F)

 

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What about:

Yakutsk Russia, -37.5, 270000

Norilsk Russia, -16.4, 175000

Blagoveshchensk Russia, -6.7, 225000

Harbin China, -0.9, 6.7 million

Krasnoyarsk Russia, +4.1, 975000

Astana Kazakhstan, +6.4, 860000

Saskatoon Canada, +7.0, 222000

Quebec Canada, +9.0, 540000

Arkhangelsk Russia, +9.1, 350000

Urumqi China, +10.4, 3.1 million

Shenyang China, +12.2, 6.3 million

Murmansk Russia, +14.0, 300000

Oulu Finland, +14.7, 190000

Saint Petersburg Russia, +21.6 (Feb.), 4.9 million

Minsk Belarus, +23.9, `1.9 million

 

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