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City Pairings
fair match
Auckland, New Zealand and Ponta Delgada, Azores are a fair climate match — 18,208 km (11,314 mi) apart. Auckland is Köppen zone Cfb; Ponta Delgada is Csb.
See Auckland on the interactive map →Looking outward from Auckland (oceanic, Cfb), the closest distant match is Ponta Delgada (warm-summer Mediterranean, Csb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Auckland’s January is compared with Ponta Delgada’s July. From Auckland, Ponta Delgada is nearly opposite on the globe (18,208 km / 11,314 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Auckland, Ponta Delgada is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. July by 2°C (Ponta Delgada warmer); January means differ by 0°C (Ponta Delgada warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Ponta Delgada is 50 mm drier in January, and 35 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Ponta Delgada at 10.2 h/day on average versus 9.6 h/day in Auckland (January 13.1 h / 11.8 h, July 7.3 h / 7.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (10 µg/m³ in Ponta Delgada, 7 in Auckland). Humidity: dew point in Ponta Delgada runs about 4°C higher in July (12°C vs 8°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Auckland is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Ponta Delgada's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Auckland and Ponta Delgada month by month on the interactive map →
See Ponta Delgada's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Ponta Delgada, Azores is the closest distant match for Auckland, New Zealand — scored fair, about 18,208 km (11,314 mi) away.
Auckland and Ponta Delgada are separated by roughly 18,208 km (11,314 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Ponta Delgada’s July pairs with Auckland’s January in the comparison.
No — Auckland is oceanic (Cfb) and Ponta Delgada is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Auckland has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 24°C and a low of 16°C with 75 mm of rain; July averages 15°C / 8°C and 145 mm.
Auckland averages about 11.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 7.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 35); July averages 7.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for Auckland: Vancouver (fair), Porto (fair), Sydney (fair).
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