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City Pairings
loose match
Cali, Colombia and Kigali, Rwanda are a loose climate match — 11,860 km (7,369 mi) apart. Cali is Köppen zone Af; Kigali is Aw.
See Cali on the interactive map →Cali is classed tropical rainforest (Af) while Kigali is tropical savanna (Aw) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 11,860 km (7,369 mi) separates them — far enough that Kigali feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Cali.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Cali, though not a perfect copy. July by 3°C (Kigali cooler); January means differ by 2°C (Kigali cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Kigali is 35 mm wetter in January, and 25 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Kigali at 10.4 h/day on average versus 9.8 h/day in Cali (January 10.4 h / 9.8 h, July 10.5 h / 9.7 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 28 µg/m³ in Kigali vs 7 in Cali (higher by 21 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Kigali runs about 5°C lower in July (13°C vs 18°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Kigali, Rwanda is the closest distant match for Cali, Colombia — scored loose, about 11,860 km (7,369 mi) away.
Cali and Kigali are separated by roughly 11,860 km (7,369 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Cali is tropical rainforest (Af) and Kigali is tropical savanna (Aw), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Cali has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 18°C with 60 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 18°C and 35 mm.
Cali averages about 9.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 7.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 39); July averages 7.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for Cali: Bujumbura (loose), Kampala (loose), Port-au-Prince (loose).
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