Similar Climates › City Pairings › Chengdu ≈ Daegu
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fair match
Chengdu, China and Daegu, South Korea are a fair climate match — 2,345 km (1,457 mi) apart. Chengdu is Köppen zone Cwa; Daegu is Cwa.
See Chengdu on the interactive map →Chengdu and Daegu both sit in the dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 2,345 km (1,457 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Chengdu and Daegu. January means differ by 6°C (Daegu cooler); July by 0°C (Daegu cooler).
Sunshine: Daegu averages 7.8 hours a day across the two months vs 6.7 in Chengdu (1.2 h/day more; January 7.6 h vs 4.9 h, July 8.1 h vs 8.4 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 20 µg/m³ in Daegu vs 67 in Chengdu (lower by 48 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Daegu runs about 10°C lower in January (-8°C vs 2°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Daegu, South Korea is the closest distant match for Chengdu, China — scored fair, about 2,345 km (1,457 mi) away.
Chengdu and Daegu are separated by roughly 2,345 km (1,457 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 dry-winter subtropical (Cwa).
Chengdu has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 10°C and a low of 2°C with 8 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 22°C and 230 mm.
Chengdu averages about 4.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 78.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 162); July averages 56 µg/m³ (US AQI 144).
Other close climate matches for Chengdu: Nagoya (loose), Busan (loose), Seoul (loose).
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