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fair match
Bandung, Indonesia and Goroka, Papua New Guinea are a fair climate match — 4,173 km (2,593 mi) apart. Bandung is Köppen zone Af; Goroka is Af.
See Bandung on the interactive map →Looking outward from Bandung, the atlas lands on Goroka in the same tropical rainforest (Af) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. From Bandung's point of view, Goroka sits about 4,173 km (2,593 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Bandung, Goroka is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 3°C (Goroka cooler); July by 2°C (Goroka cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Goroka is 20 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Goroka averages 8.4 hours a day across the two months vs 9.4 in Bandung (1.0 h/day less; January 7.7 h vs 7.9 h, July 9.2 h vs 11 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ in Goroka vs 41 in Bandung (lower by 36 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Goroka runs about 4°C lower in July (14°C vs 18°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Goroka, Papua New Guinea is the closest distant match for Bandung, Indonesia — scored fair, about 4,173 km (2,593 mi) away.
Bandung and Goroka are separated by roughly 4,173 km (2,593 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 tropical rainforest (Af).
Bandung has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 28°C and a low of 19°C with 240 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 17°C and 60 mm.
Bandung averages about 7.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 32.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 97); July averages 49 µg/m³ (US AQI 136).
Other close climate matches for Bandung: Rio Branco (fair), Bukavu (loose), Iquitos (loose).
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