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close match
Concepción, Chile and Salem, Oregon are a close climate match — 10,385 km (6,453 mi) apart. Concepción is Köppen zone Csb; Salem is Csb.
See Concepción on the interactive map →Looking outward from Concepción, the atlas lands on Salem in the same warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Concepción’s January is compared with Salem’s July. Concepción looks across roughly 10,385 km (6,453 mi) to Salem: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Concepción, Salem is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 4°C (Salem cooler); January means differ by 0°C (Salem warmer).
Sunshine stays close: Salem at 9.1 h/day on average versus 10.1 h/day in Concepción (January 13.8 h / 13.4 h, July 4.4 h / 6.8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (4 µg/m³ in Salem, 6 in Concepción). Humidity: dew point in Salem runs about 5°C lower in July (2°C vs 7°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Concepción is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Salem's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Concepción and Salem month by month on the interactive map →
See Salem's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Salem, Oregon is the closest distant match for Concepción, Chile — scored close, about 10,385 km (6,453 mi) away.
Concepción and Salem are separated by roughly 10,385 km (6,453 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Salem’s July pairs with Concepción’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb).
Concepción has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 12°C with 20 mm of rain; July averages 13°C / 5°C and 155 mm.
Concepción averages about 13.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 6.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 31); July averages 6.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 36).
Other close climate matches for Concepción: Olympia (close), Portland (fair), Seattle (loose).
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