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City Pairings
loose match
Aden, Yemen and Muscat, Oman are a loose climate match — 1,852 km (1,151 mi) apart. Aden is Köppen zone BWh; Muscat is BWh.
See Aden on the interactive map →Looking outward from Aden, the atlas lands on Muscat in the same hot desert (BWh) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. From Aden, the atlas looks only about 1,852 km (1,151 mi) away to Muscat — a nearby stand-in when you want this climate elsewhere.
For Aden, Muscat is a loose outward analogue — useful, though not a perfect copy of this climate. January means differ by 4°C (Muscat cooler); July by 2°C (Muscat warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Muscat is 20 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Muscat at 10.5 h/day on average versus 10.3 h/day in Aden (January 10.1 h / 10.6 h, July 10.9 h / 10 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (26 µg/m³ in Muscat, 25 in Aden). Humidity: dew point in Muscat runs about 5°C lower in January (14°C vs 19°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Compare Aden and Muscat month by month on the interactive map →
See Muscat's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Muscat, Oman is the closest distant match for Aden, Yemen — scored loose, about 1,852 km (1,151 mi) away.
Aden and Muscat are separated by roughly 1,852 km (1,151 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 hot desert (BWh).
Aden has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 28°C and a low of 22°C with 5 mm of rain; July averages 36°C / 29°C and 3 mm.
Aden averages about 10.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 18.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 68); July averages 32.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 97).
Other close climate matches for Aden: Maracaibo (loose), Barranquilla (loose), Willemstad (loose).
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