Similar Climates › City Pairings › Brasília ≈ Guatemala City
City Pairings
close match
Brasília, Brazil and Guatemala City, Guatemala are a close climate match — 5,773 km (3,587 mi) apart. Brasília is Köppen zone Aw; Guatemala City is Aw.
See Brasília on the interactive map →Looking outward from Brasília, the atlas lands on Guatemala City in the same tropical savanna (Aw) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Brasília’s January is compared with Guatemala City’s July. From Brasília's point of view, Guatemala City sits about 5,773 km (3,587 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Brasília, Guatemala City is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Guatemala City cooler); July by 2°C (Guatemala City cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Guatemala City is 37 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Guatemala City at 10.9 h/day on average versus 10.5 h/day in Brasília (January 10.9 h / 10.3 h, July 10.8 h / 10.7 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 12 µg/m³ in Guatemala City vs 5 in Brasília (higher by 7 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 17°C vs 18°C; July 13°C vs 10°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Brasília is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Guatemala City's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Brasília and Guatemala City month by month on the interactive map →
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On Similar Climates, Guatemala City, Guatemala is the closest distant match for Brasília, Brazil — scored close, about 5,773 km (3,587 mi) away.
Brasília and Guatemala City are separated by roughly 5,773 km (3,587 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Guatemala City’s July pairs with Brasília’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are tropical savanna (Aw).
Brasília has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 18°C with 240 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 13°C and 6 mm.
Brasília averages about 10.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 38); July averages 3.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 29).
Other close climate matches for Brasília: San José (close), Lusaka (close), Lilongwe (fair).
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