Similar Climates › City Pairings › Bandar Seri Begawan ≈ Cayenne
City Pairings
close match
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei and Cayenne, French Guiana are a close climate match — 18,229 km (11,327 mi) apart. Bandar Seri Begawan is Köppen zone Af; Cayenne is Am.
See Bandar Seri Begawan on the interactive map →Bandar Seri Begawan is classed tropical rainforest (Af) while Cayenne is tropical monsoon (Am) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 18,229 km (11,327 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Cayenne still tracks Bandar Seri Begawan’s January and July.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Cayenne should feel familiar if you know Bandar Seri Begawan. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Cayenne cooler); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Cayenne is 110 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Cayenne at 9.2 h/day on average versus 9.0 h/day in Bandar Seri Begawan (January 8.5 h / 8.6 h, July 10 h / 9.4 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Cayenne, 12 in Bandar Seri Begawan).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Cayenne, French Guiana is the closest distant match for Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei — scored close, about 18,229 km (11,327 mi) away.
Bandar Seri Begawan and Cayenne are separated by roughly 18,229 km (11,327 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 — Bandar Seri Begawan is tropical rainforest (Af) and Cayenne is tropical monsoon (Am), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Bandar Seri Begawan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 23°C with 380 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 23°C and 265 mm.
Bandar Seri Begawan averages about 8.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 50); July averages 14.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 60).
Other close climate matches for Bandar Seri Begawan: Belém (fair), Honiara (loose), Iquitos (loose).
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