Similar Climates › City Pairings › Córdoba ≈ Pretoria
City Pairings
close match
Córdoba, Argentina and Pretoria, South Africa are a close climate match — 8,761 km (5,444 mi) apart. Córdoba is Köppen zone Cwa; Pretoria is Cwa.
See Córdoba on the interactive map →Córdoba and Pretoria both sit in the dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Roughly 8,761 km (5,444 mi) separates them — far enough that Pretoria feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Córdoba.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Pretoria should feel familiar if you know Córdoba. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Pretoria cooler); July by 0°C (Pretoria warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Pretoria is 15 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Pretoria at 10.8 h/day on average versus 10.0 h/day in Córdoba (January 11.4 h / 11.4 h, July 10.1 h / 8.6 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 23 µg/m³ in Pretoria vs 5 in Córdoba (higher by 18 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 16°C vs 17°C; July 1°C vs 4°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Pretoria, South Africa is the closest distant match for Córdoba, Argentina — scored close, about 8,761 km (5,444 mi) away.
Córdoba and Pretoria are separated by roughly 8,761 km (5,444 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).
Córdoba has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 31°C and a low of 17°C with 145 mm of rain; July averages 19°C / 4°C and 8 mm.
Córdoba averages about 11.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 35); July averages 5 µg/m³ (US AQI 29).
Other close climate matches for Córdoba: Chihuahua (fair), Maseru (fair), Windhoek (fair).
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