Due to its high elevation , relatively high latitude , and location hundreds of kilometres from any coast , ORGANIZATION@1 is the coldest national capital in the world , with a monsoon-influenced cold temperate desert climate -LRB- PERSON@1 climate classification , Bwk -RRB- with brief , warm summers and long , very cold and dry winters .

For this high elevation , and for the high latitude , and location hundreds of kilometres from any coast , ORGANIZATION@1 is the coldest national capital in the world , with a subarctic climate .
