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fair match
Athens, Greece and Algiers, Algeria are a fair climate match — 1,826 km (1,135 mi) apart. Athens is Köppen zone Csa; Algiers is Csa.
See Athens on the interactive map →Athens and Algiers both sit in the hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,826 km (1,135 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Athens and Algiers. January means differ by 4°C (Algiers warmer); July by 2°C (Algiers cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Algiers is 30 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Algiers at 10.8 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Athens (January 8.6 h / 7.3 h, July 13 h / 13.6 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (13 µg/m³ in Algiers, 13 in Athens). Dew points differ modestly (January 7°C vs 5°C; July 18°C vs 16°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Algiers, Algeria is the closest distant match for Athens, Greece — scored fair, about 1,826 km (1,135 mi) away.
Athens and Algiers are separated by roughly 1,826 km (1,135 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-summer Mediterranean (Csa).
Athens has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 13°C and a low of 6°C with 55 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 23°C and 6 mm.
Athens averages about 7.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 13.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 59); July averages 12.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 58).
Other close climate matches for Athens: Baku (fair), Marseille (fair), Tunis (fair).
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