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City Pairings
close match
Cork, Ireland and Puerto Montt, Chile are a close climate match — 12,095 km (7,515 mi) apart. Cork is Köppen zone Cfb; Puerto Montt is Cfb.
See Cork on the interactive map →Looking outward from Cork, the atlas lands on Puerto Montt in the same oceanic (Cfb) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Cork’s January is compared with Puerto Montt’s July. Cork looks across roughly 12,095 km (7,515 mi) to Puerto Montt: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Cork, Puerto Montt is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Puerto Montt warmer); July by 1°C (Puerto Montt cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Puerto Montt is 45 mm wetter in January, and 40 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Puerto Montt averages 8.4 hours a day across the two months vs 6.8 in Cork (1.6 h/day more; January 5.2 h vs 4 h, July 11.7 h vs 9.6 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Puerto Montt, 6 in Cork).
January & July · °C and mm
Puerto Montt is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Cork's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Cork and Puerto Montt month by month on the interactive map →
See Puerto Montt's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Puerto Montt, Chile is the closest distant match for Cork, Ireland — scored close, about 12,095 km (7,515 mi) away.
Cork and Puerto Montt are separated by roughly 12,095 km (7,515 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Puerto Montt’s July pairs with Cork’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are oceanic (Cfb).
Cork has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 8°C and a low of 3°C with 130 mm of rain; July averages 20°C / 12°C and 70 mm.
Cork averages about 4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 40); July averages 4.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 27).
Other close climate matches for Cork: Wellington (close), Vancouver (fair), Dunedin (fair).
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