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fair match
Cairo, Egypt and La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico are a fair climate match — 12,725 km (7,907 mi) apart. Cairo is Köppen zone BWh; La Paz is BWh.
See Cairo on the interactive map →Looking outward from Cairo, the atlas lands on La Paz in the same hot desert (BWh) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. Cairo looks across roughly 12,725 km (7,907 mi) to La Paz: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Cairo, La Paz is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 4°C (La Paz warmer); July by 0°C (La Paz warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 8 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: La Paz at 11.3 h/day on average versus 11.4 h/day in Cairo (January 10 h / 9.3 h, July 12.7 h / 13.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 7 µg/m³ in La Paz vs 27 in Cairo (lower by 20 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in La Paz runs about 6°C higher in January (12°C vs 6°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico is the closest distant match for Cairo, Egypt — scored fair, about 12,725 km (7,907 mi) away.
Cairo and La Paz are separated by roughly 12,725 km (7,907 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 desert (BWh).
Cairo has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 19°C and a low of 9°C with 5 mm of rain; July averages 35°C / 22°C and 0 mm.
Cairo averages about 9.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 32.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 96); July averages 21.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 75).
Other close climate matches for Cairo: Tamanrasset (loose), Ashgabat (loose), Mendoza (loose).
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