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City Pairings
close match
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and Mombasa, Kenya are a close climate match — 4,960 km (3,082 mi) apart. Abidjan is Köppen zone Aw; Mombasa is As.
See Abidjan on the interactive map →Looking outward from Abidjan (tropical savanna, Aw), the closest distant match is Mombasa (tropical savanna, dry summer, As) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Abidjan's point of view, Mombasa sits about 4,960 km (3,082 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Abidjan, Mombasa is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Mombasa warmer); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Mombasa is 16 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Mombasa averages 10.9 hours a day across the two months vs 9.8 in Abidjan (1.1 h/day more; January 11.3 h vs 10.1 h, July 10.6 h vs 9.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 11 µg/m³ in Mombasa vs 20 in Abidjan (lower by 10 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 23°C vs 23°C; July 20°C vs 23°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Mombasa, Kenya is the closest distant match for Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire — scored close, about 4,960 km (3,082 mi) away.
Abidjan and Mombasa are separated by roughly 4,960 km (3,082 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 — Abidjan is tropical savanna (Aw) and Mombasa is tropical savanna, dry summer (As), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Abidjan has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 31°C and a low of 23°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 22°C and 60 mm.
Abidjan averages about 10.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 28.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 88); July averages 12.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 56).
Other close climate matches for Abidjan: Yaoundé (fair), Rio de Janeiro (loose), Kingston (loose).
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