Similar Climates › City Pairings › Benghazi ≈ Algiers
City Pairings
close match
Benghazi, Libya and Algiers, Algeria are a close climate match — 1,637 km (1,017 mi) apart. Benghazi is Köppen zone BSh; Algiers is Csa.
See Benghazi on the interactive map →Benghazi is classed hot steppe (BSh) while Algiers is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They sit only about 1,637 km (1,017 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Algiers should feel familiar if you know Benghazi. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Algiers cooler); July by 1°C (Algiers warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Algiers is 30 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Algiers at 10.8 h/day on average versus 11.2 h/day in Benghazi (January 8.6 h / 9.1 h, July 13 h / 13.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (13 µg/m³ in Algiers, 9 in Benghazi). Dew points differ modestly (January 7°C vs 9°C; July 18°C vs 20°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Algiers, Algeria is the closest distant match for Benghazi, Libya — scored close, about 1,637 km (1,017 mi) away.
Benghazi and Algiers are separated by roughly 1,637 km (1,017 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 — Benghazi is hot steppe (BSh) and Algiers is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Benghazi has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 17°C and a low of 10°C with 55 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 21°C and 0 mm.
Benghazi averages about 9.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 7.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 43); July averages 11.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 54).
Other close climate matches for Benghazi: Almería (fair), Alexandria (close), Casablanca (fair).
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