Similar Climates › City Pairings › Bulawayo ≈ Salta
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fair match
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and Salta, Argentina are a fair climate match — 9,465 km (5,881 mi) apart. Bulawayo is Köppen zone BSh; Salta is BSh.
See Bulawayo on the interactive map →Bulawayo and Salta both sit in the hot steppe (BSh) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Roughly 9,465 km (5,881 mi) separates them — far enough that Salta feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Bulawayo.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Bulawayo and Salta. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Salta warmer); July by 1°C (Salta cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Salta is 50 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Salta at 9.9 h/day on average versus 10.2 h/day in Bulawayo (January 10.5 h / 10.5 h, July 9.3 h / 10 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Salta, 6 in Bulawayo).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Salta, Argentina is the closest distant match for Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — scored fair, about 9,465 km (5,881 mi) away.
Bulawayo and Salta are separated by roughly 9,465 km (5,881 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 hot steppe (BSh).
Bulawayo has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 16°C with 135 mm of rain; July averages 21°C / 6°C and 0 mm.
Bulawayo averages about 10.5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 30); July averages 6.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 39).
Other close climate matches for Bulawayo: Mexico City (loose), Puebla (loose), Guatemala City (loose).
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