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close match
Cairns, Australia and Manila, Philippines are a close climate match — 4,437 km (2,757 mi) apart. Cairns is Köppen zone Am; Manila is Am.
See Cairns on the interactive map →Looking outward from Cairns, the atlas lands on Manila in the same tropical monsoon (Am) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Cairns’ January is compared with Manila’s July. From Cairns's point of view, Manila sits about 4,437 km (2,757 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Cairns, Manila is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 4°C (Manila warmer); January means differ by 0°C (Manila cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Manila is 30 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Manila at 9.2 h/day on average versus 9.8 h/day in Cairns (January 8.5 h / 9.7 h, July 9.9 h / 9.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 16 µg/m³ in Manila vs 4 in Cairns (higher by 11 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Manila runs about 5°C higher in July (21°C vs 16°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Cairns is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Manila's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
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On Similar Climates, Manila, Philippines is the closest distant match for Cairns, Australia — scored close, about 4,437 km (2,757 mi) away.
Cairns and Manila are separated by roughly 4,437 km (2,757 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Manila’s July pairs with Cairns’ January in the comparison.
Yes — both are tropical monsoon (Am).
Cairns has a tropical monsoon climate (Am). January averages a high of 32°C and a low of 24°C with 400 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 17°C and 30 mm.
Cairns averages about 9.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 3.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 21); July averages 4.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 29).
Other close climate matches for Cairns: Port Harcourt (fair), Beira (fair), Papeete (fair).
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