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City Pairings
fair match
Baku, Azerbaijan and Athens, Greece are a fair climate match — 2,262 km (1,406 mi) apart. Baku is Köppen zone BSk; Athens is Csa.
See Baku on the interactive map →Baku is classed cold steppe (BSk) while Athens is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They sit only about 2,262 km (1,406 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 Baku and Athens. January means differ by 4°C (Athens warmer); July by 2°C (Athens warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Athens is 30 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine: Athens averages 10.4 hours a day across the two months vs 9.2 in Baku (1.3 h/day more; January 7.3 h vs 5.8 h, July 13.6 h vs 12.5 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (13 µg/m³ in Athens, 10 in Baku). Humidity: dew point in Athens runs about 4°C higher in January (5°C vs 1°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Athens, Greece is the closest distant match for Baku, Azerbaijan — scored fair, about 2,262 km (1,406 mi) away.
Baku and Athens are separated by roughly 2,262 km (1,406 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 — Baku is cold steppe (BSk) and Athens is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Baku has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 8°C and a low of 3°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 22°C and 2 mm.
Baku averages about 5.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 46); July averages 10.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 55).
Other close climate matches for Baku: Benghazi (loose), Palermo (loose), Almería (loose).
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