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Birmingham, England and Gothenburg, Sweden are a close climate match — 1,053 km (654 mi) apart. Birmingham is Köppen zone Cfb; Gothenburg is Cfb.
See Birmingham on the interactive map →Birmingham and Gothenburg both sit in the oceanic (Cfb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,053 km (654 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Gothenburg should feel familiar if you know Birmingham. January means differ by 5°C (Gothenburg cooler); July within half a degree.
Sunshine stays close: Gothenburg at 7.8 h/day on average versus 7.2 h/day in Birmingham (January 2.8 h / 3.8 h, July 12.9 h / 10.6 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Gothenburg, 8 in Birmingham). Humidity: dew point in Gothenburg runs about 4°C lower in January (-2°C vs 2°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Compare Birmingham and Gothenburg month by month on the interactive map →
See Gothenburg's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Gothenburg, Sweden is the closest distant match for Birmingham, England — scored close, about 1,053 km (654 mi) away.
Birmingham and Gothenburg are separated by roughly 1,053 km (654 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 oceanic (Cfb).
Birmingham has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 7°C and a low of 2°C with 56 mm of rain; July averages 21°C / 13°C and 56 mm.
Birmingham averages about 3.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 10.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 48); July averages 6.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 34).
Other close climate matches for Birmingham: Copenhagen (close), Dunedin (fair), Hobart (fair).
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