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City Pairings
fair match
Cape Town, South Africa and Adelaide, Australia are a fair climate match — 10,150 km (6,307 mi) apart. Cape Town is Köppen zone Csb; Adelaide is Csb.
See Cape Town on the interactive map →Cape Town and Adelaide both sit in the warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Roughly 10,150 km (6,307 mi) separates them — far enough that Adelaide feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Cape Town.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Cape Town and Adelaide. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Adelaide warmer); July by 1°C (Adelaide cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Adelaide is 23 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Adelaide at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Cape Town (January 12.4 h / 13.3 h, July 8.2 h / 8.4 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ in Adelaide vs 20 in Cape Town (lower by 15 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Adelaide runs about 4°C lower in January (11°C vs 15°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Adelaide, Australia is the closest distant match for Cape Town, South Africa — scored fair, about 10,150 km (6,307 mi) away.
Cape Town and Adelaide are separated by roughly 10,150 km (6,307 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 warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb).
Cape Town has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 16°C with 15 mm of rain; July averages 18°C / 8°C and 93 mm.
Cape Town averages about 13.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 22 µg/m³ (US AQI 82); July averages 17 µg/m³ (US AQI 66).
Other close climate matches for Cape Town: Naples (fair), Rabat (fair), Lisbon (fair).
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