Similar Climates › City Pairings › Antananarivo ≈ Belo Horizonte
City Pairings
close match
Antananarivo, Madagascar and Belo Horizonte, Brazil are a close climate match — 9,450 km (5,872 mi) apart. Antananarivo is Köppen zone Cwb; Belo Horizonte is Cwa.
See Antananarivo on the interactive map →Looking outward from Antananarivo (subtropical highland, Cwb), the closest distant match is Belo Horizonte (dry-winter subtropical, Cwa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Antananarivo looks across roughly 9,450 km (5,872 mi) to Belo Horizonte: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Antananarivo, Belo Horizonte is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 4°C (Belo Horizonte warmer); January means differ by 2°C (Belo Horizonte warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Belo Horizonte is 30 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine: Belo Horizonte averages 10.1 hours a day across the two months vs 9.1 in Antananarivo (1.1 h/day more; January 10.1 h vs 8.9 h, July 10.2 h vs 9.2 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (10 µg/m³ in Belo Horizonte, 5 in Antananarivo). Dew points differ modestly (January 18°C vs 19°C; July 11°C vs 14°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Belo Horizonte, Brazil is the closest distant match for Antananarivo, Madagascar — scored close, about 9,450 km (5,872 mi) away.
Antananarivo and Belo Horizonte are separated by roughly 9,450 km (5,872 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 — Antananarivo is subtropical highland (Cwb) and Belo Horizonte is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Antananarivo has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 17°C with 300 mm of rain; July averages 20°C / 9°C and 8 mm.
Antananarivo averages about 8.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5 µg/m³ (US AQI 27); July averages 5.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 33).
Other close climate matches for Antananarivo: San José (close), Guatemala City (fair), Brasília (fair).
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