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loose match
Buenos Aires, Argentina and Milan, Italy are a loose climate match — 11,190 km (6,953 mi) apart. Buenos Aires is Köppen zone Cfa; Milan is Cfa.
See Buenos Aires on the interactive map →Buenos Aires and Milan both sit in the humid subtropical (Cfa) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Buenos Aires’ January against Milan’s July. Roughly 11,190 km (6,953 mi) separates them — far enough that Milan feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Buenos Aires.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Buenos Aires, though not a perfect copy. July by 8°C (Milan cooler); January means differ by 2°C (Milan cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Milan is 70 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Milan at 9.9 h/day on average versus 9.8 h/day in Buenos Aires (January 13.5 h / 12 h, July 6.3 h / 7.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 27 µg/m³ in Milan vs 9 in Buenos Aires (higher by 19 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Milan runs about 8°C lower in July (-1°C vs 7°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Buenos Aires is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Milan's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Buenos Aires and Milan month by month on the interactive map →
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On Similar Climates, Milan, Italy is the closest distant match for Buenos Aires, Argentina — scored loose, about 11,190 km (6,953 mi) away.
Buenos Aires and Milan are separated by roughly 11,190 km (6,953 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Milan’s July pairs with Buenos Aires’ January in the comparison.
Yes — both are humid subtropical (Cfa).
Buenos Aires has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 20°C with 140 mm of rain; July averages 15°C / 8°C and 60 mm.
Buenos Aires averages about 12 hours of sunshine a day in January and 7.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 7.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 40); July averages 10 µg/m³ (US AQI 46).
Other close climate matches for Buenos Aires: Atlanta (loose), Annapolis (loose), Tampa (loose).
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