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City Pairings
fair match
Albuquerque, New Mexico and Mendoza, Argentina are a fair climate match — 8,523 km (5,296 mi) apart. Albuquerque is Köppen zone BSk; Mendoza is BWk.
See Albuquerque on the interactive map →Looking outward from Albuquerque (cold steppe, BSk), the closest distant match is Mendoza (cold desert, BWk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Albuquerque’s January is compared with Mendoza’s July. Albuquerque looks across roughly 8,523 km (5,296 mi) to Mendoza: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Albuquerque, Mendoza is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 8°C (Mendoza warmer); July by 1°C (Mendoza cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 8 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Mendoza at 10.8 h/day on average versus 10.8 h/day in Albuquerque (January 8.9 h / 8.6 h, July 12.6 h / 13 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (7 µg/m³ in Mendoza, 8 in Albuquerque). Humidity: dew point in Mendoza runs about 6°C higher in January (1°C vs -5°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Mendoza is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Albuquerque's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Albuquerque and Mendoza month by month on the interactive map →
See Mendoza's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Mendoza, Argentina is the closest distant match for Albuquerque, New Mexico — scored fair, about 8,523 km (5,296 mi) away.
Albuquerque and Mendoza are separated by roughly 8,523 km (5,296 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Mendoza’s July pairs with Albuquerque’s January in the comparison.
No — Albuquerque is cold steppe (BSk) and Mendoza is cold desert (BWk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Albuquerque has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 8°C and a low of -6°C with 11 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 19°C and 38 mm.
Albuquerque averages about 8.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 49); July averages 6.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 56).
Other close climate matches for Albuquerque: Bishkek (loose), Alice Springs (loose), Quetta (loose).
All cold steppe (BSk) cities on Similar Climates →
Explore Albuquerque and Mendoza on the interactive map →