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loose match
Bloemfontein, South Africa and Denver, Colorado are a loose climate match — 15,444 km (9,596 mi) apart. Bloemfontein is Köppen zone BSk; Denver is BSk.
See Bloemfontein on the interactive map →Looking outward from Bloemfontein, the atlas lands on Denver in the same cold steppe (BSk) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Bloemfontein’s January is compared with Denver’s July. From Bloemfontein, Denver is nearly opposite on the globe (15,444 km / 9,596 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Bloemfontein, Denver is a loose outward analogue — useful, though not a perfect copy of this climate. July by 8°C (Denver cooler); January means differ by 2°C (Denver warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Denver is 26 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Denver at 10.4 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Bloemfontein (January 12.8 h / 11.9 h, July 7.9 h / 10 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 11 µg/m³ in Denver vs 6 in Bloemfontein (higher by 5 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Denver runs about 8°C lower in July (-10°C vs -2°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Bloemfontein is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Denver's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
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On Similar Climates, Denver, Colorado is the closest distant match for Bloemfontein, South Africa — scored loose, about 15,444 km (9,596 mi) away.
Bloemfontein and Denver are separated by roughly 15,444 km (9,596 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Denver’s July pairs with Bloemfontein’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are cold steppe (BSk).
Bloemfontein has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 15°C with 80 mm of rain; July averages 16°C / -2°C and 10 mm.
Bloemfontein averages about 11.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 38); July averages 6.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 36).
Other close climate matches for Bloemfontein: Santa Fe (loose), Córdoba (loose), Salta (loose).
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