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City Pairings
loose match
Austin, Texas and Peshawar, Pakistan are a loose climate match — 12,780 km (7,941 mi) apart. Austin is Köppen zone Cfa; Peshawar is BSh.
See Austin on the interactive map →Austin is classed humid subtropical (Cfa) while Peshawar is hot steppe (BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 12,780 km (7,941 mi) separates them — far enough that Peshawar feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Austin.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Austin, though not a perfect copy. July by 3°C (Peshawar warmer); January means differ by 1°C (Peshawar warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Peshawar is 19 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Peshawar at 8.9 h/day on average versus 9.7 h/day in Austin (January 7.6 h / 7.3 h, July 10.2 h / 12.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 45 µg/m³ in Peshawar vs 10 in Austin (higher by 36 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 4°C vs 3°C; July 23°C vs 21°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Peshawar, Pakistan is the closest distant match for Austin, Texas — scored loose, about 12,780 km (7,941 mi) away.
Austin and Peshawar are separated by roughly 12,780 km (7,941 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 — Austin is humid subtropical (Cfa) and Peshawar is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Austin has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 16°C and a low of 4°C with 54 mm of rain; July averages 36°C / 23°C and 56 mm.
Austin averages about 7.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 38); July averages 12.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 57).
Other close climate matches for Austin: Quetta (loose), Madrid (loose), Rosario (loose).
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