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City Pairings
fair match
Bhopal, India and Vientiane, Laos are a fair climate match — 2,684 km (1,668 mi) apart. Bhopal is Köppen zone Csa; Vientiane is Aw.
See Bhopal on the interactive map →Bhopal is classed hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) while Vientiane is tropical savanna (Aw) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 2,684 km (1,668 mi) apart, so Vientiane is a reachable stand-in when you want Bhopal’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Bhopal and Vientiane. January means differ by 4°C (Vientiane warmer); July by 2°C (Vientiane warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Vientiane is 70 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Vientiane averages 8.9 hours a day across the two months vs 7.8 in Bhopal (1.1 h/day more; January 10 h vs 9.6 h, July 7.8 h vs 6 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³ in Vientiane vs 30 in Bhopal (lower by 17 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Vientiane runs about 8°C higher in January (15°C vs 7°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Vientiane, Laos is the closest distant match for Bhopal, India — scored fair, about 2,684 km (1,668 mi) away.
Bhopal and Vientiane are separated by roughly 2,684 km (1,668 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 — Bhopal is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Vientiane is tropical savanna (Aw), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Bhopal has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 26°C and a low of 11°C with 15 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 23°C and 375 mm.
Bhopal averages about 9.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 47.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 125); July averages 12.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 56).
Other close climate matches for Bhopal: Belo Horizonte (loose), Bissau (loose), Cuiabá (loose).
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