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City Pairings
close match
Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico and Phnom Penh, Cambodia are a close climate match — 15,840 km (9,843 mi) apart. Acapulco de Juarez is Köppen zone Aw; Phnom Penh is Aw.
See Acapulco de Juarez on the interactive map →Acapulco de Juarez and Phnom Penh both sit in the tropical savanna (Aw) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They are about 15,840 km (9,843 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Phnom Penh still tracks Acapulco de Juarez’s January and July.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Phnom Penh should feel familiar if you know Acapulco de Juarez. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Phnom Penh warmer); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Phnom Penh is 60 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Phnom Penh averages 9.4 hours a day across the two months vs 10.7 in Acapulco de Juarez (1.3 h/day less; January 10.4 h vs 10.6 h, July 8.4 h vs 10.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 16 µg/m³ in Phnom Penh vs 10 in Acapulco de Juarez (higher by 6 µg/m³).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Phnom Penh, Cambodia is the closest distant match for Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico — scored close, about 15,840 km (9,843 mi) away.
Acapulco de Juarez and Phnom Penh are separated by roughly 15,840 km (9,843 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are tropical savanna (Aw).
Acapulco de Juarez has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 31°C and a low of 22°C with 8 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 25°C and 230 mm.
Acapulco de Juarez averages about 10.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 8.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 47); July averages 11.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 53).
Other close climate matches for Acapulco de Juarez: Bangkok (close), Ho Chi Minh City (close), Visakhapatnam (fair).
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