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City Pairings
close match
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico and Da Nang, Vietnam are a close climate match — 15,560 km (9,669 mi) apart. Cancun is Köppen zone Aw; Da Nang is Am.
See Cancun on the interactive map →Looking outward from Cancun (tropical savanna, Aw), the closest distant match is Da Nang (tropical monsoon, Am) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Cancun, Da Nang is nearly opposite on the globe (15,560 km / 9,669 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Cancun, Da Nang is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 2°C (Da Nang cooler); July by 2°C (Da Nang warmer).
Sunshine: Da Nang averages 8.6 hours a day across the two months vs 10.6 in Cancun (1.9 h/day less; January 7.1 h vs 9.3 h, July 10.2 h vs 11.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 19 µg/m³ in Da Nang vs 14 in Cancun (higher by 5 µg/m³).
January & July · °C and mm
Compare Cancun and Da Nang month by month on the interactive map →
See Da Nang's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Da Nang, Vietnam is the closest distant match for Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico — scored close, about 15,560 km (9,669 mi) away.
Cancun and Da Nang are separated by roughly 15,560 km (9,669 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 — Cancun is tropical savanna (Aw) and Da Nang is tropical monsoon (Am), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Cancun has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 28°C and a low of 20°C with 95 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 24°C and 95 mm.
Cancun averages about 9.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 10.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 51); July averages 18.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 67).
Other close climate matches for Cancun: San Juan (close), Fortaleza (fair), Cebu City (fair).
All tropical savanna (Aw) cities on Similar Climates →
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