Similar Climates › City Pairings › Almería ≈ Alexandria
City Pairings
close match
Almería, Spain and Alexandria, Egypt are a close climate match — 3,034 km (1,885 mi) apart. Almería is Köppen zone BSh; Alexandria is BWh.
See Almería on the interactive map →Looking outward from Almería (hot steppe, BSh), the closest distant match is Alexandria (hot desert, BWh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Almería's point of view, Alexandria sits about 3,034 km (1,885 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Almería, Alexandria is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Alexandria warmer); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Alexandria is 26 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Alexandria at 11.3 h/day on average versus 11.1 h/day in Almería (January 9.1 h / 8.7 h, July 13.6 h / 13.5 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (15 µg/m³ in Alexandria, 10 in Almería). Dew points differ modestly (January 8°C vs 7°C; July 21°C vs 18°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Alexandria, Egypt is the closest distant match for Almería, Spain — scored close, about 3,034 km (1,885 mi) away.
Almería and Alexandria are separated by roughly 3,034 km (1,885 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 — Almería is hot steppe (BSh) and Alexandria is hot desert (BWh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Almería has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 17°C and a low of 8°C with 24 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 22°C and 0 mm.
Almería averages about 8.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 8.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 44); July averages 12.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 56).
Other close climate matches for Almería: Benghazi (fair), Tripoli (fair), San Diego (loose).
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