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fair match
Asunción, Paraguay and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic are a fair climate match — 5,043 km (3,134 mi) apart. Asunción is Köppen zone Cfa; Santo Domingo is Am.
See Asunción on the interactive map →Asunción is classed humid subtropical (Cfa) while Santo Domingo is tropical monsoon (Am) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Asunción’s January against Santo Domingo’s July. They are about 5,043 km (3,134 mi) apart, so Santo Domingo is a reachable stand-in when you want Asunción’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Asunción and Santo Domingo. July by 6°C (Santo Domingo warmer); January means differ by 2°C (Santo Domingo cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Santo Domingo is 15 mm wetter in January, and 15 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Santo Domingo averages 10.9 hours a day across the two months vs 9.7 in Asunción (1.2 h/day more; January 11.3 h vs 11.4 h, July 10.4 h vs 8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (13 µg/m³ in Santo Domingo, 9 in Asunción). Humidity: dew point in Santo Domingo runs about 8°C higher in July (20°C vs 12°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Asunción is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Santo Domingo's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Asunción and Santo Domingo month by month on the interactive map →
See Santo Domingo's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is the closest distant match for Asunción, Paraguay — scored fair, about 5,043 km (3,134 mi) away.
Asunción and Santo Domingo are separated by roughly 5,043 km (3,134 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Santo Domingo’s July pairs with Asunción’s January in the comparison.
No — Asunción is humid subtropical (Cfa) and Santo Domingo is tropical monsoon (Am), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Asunción has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 34°C and a low of 23°C with 140 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 13°C and 45 mm.
Asunción averages about 11.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 8.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 44); July averages 8.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 44).
Other close climate matches for Asunción: Merida (fair), Tampa (fair), Port-au-Prince (fair).
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