Similar Climates › City Pairings › Belo Horizonte ≈ Antananarivo
City Pairings
close match
Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Antananarivo, Madagascar are a close climate match — 9,450 km (5,872 mi) apart. Belo Horizonte is Köppen zone Cwa; Antananarivo is Cwb.
See Belo Horizonte on the interactive map →Looking outward from Belo Horizonte (dry-winter subtropical, Cwa), the closest distant match is Antananarivo (subtropical highland, Cwb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Belo Horizonte looks across roughly 9,450 km (5,872 mi) to Antananarivo: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Belo Horizonte, Antananarivo is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 4°C (Antananarivo cooler); January means differ by 2°C (Antananarivo cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Antananarivo is 30 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Antananarivo averages 9.1 hours a day across the two months vs 10.1 in Belo Horizonte (1.1 h/day less; January 8.9 h vs 10.1 h, July 9.2 h vs 10.2 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Antananarivo, 10 in Belo Horizonte). Dew points differ modestly (January 19°C vs 18°C; July 14°C vs 11°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Antananarivo, Madagascar is the closest distant match for Belo Horizonte, Brazil — scored close, about 9,450 km (5,872 mi) away.
Belo Horizonte and Antananarivo are separated by roughly 9,450 km (5,872 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 — Belo Horizonte is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) and Antananarivo is subtropical highland (Cwb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Belo Horizonte has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 28°C and a low of 19°C with 330 mm of rain; July averages 25°C / 13°C and 8 mm.
Belo Horizonte averages about 10.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 10.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 52); July averages 9.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 47).
Other close climate matches for Belo Horizonte: San José (fair), Guatemala City (fair), Lusaka (loose).
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