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City Pairings
loose match
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Honolulu, Hawai‘i are a loose climate match — 17,568 km (10,916 mi) apart. Dar es Salaam is Köppen zone Aw; Honolulu is As.
See Dar es Salaam on the interactive map →Dar es Salaam is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Honolulu is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 17,568 km (10,916 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Honolulu still tracks Dar es Salaam’s January and July.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Dar es Salaam, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 5°C (Honolulu cooler); July by 4°C (Honolulu warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Honolulu is 17 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Honolulu at 11.4 h/day on average versus 10.8 h/day in Dar es Salaam (January 10.1 h / 10.9 h, July 12.7 h / 10.6 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (8 µg/m³ in Honolulu, 12 in Dar es Salaam). Humidity: dew point in Honolulu runs about 7°C lower in January (17°C vs 24°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Honolulu, Hawai‘i is the closest distant match for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — scored loose, about 17,568 km (10,916 mi) away.
Dar es Salaam and Honolulu are separated by roughly 17,568 km (10,916 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Dar es Salaam is tropical savanna (Aw) and Honolulu is tropical savanna, dry summer (As), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Dar es Salaam has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 31°C and a low of 25°C with 70 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 19°C and 30 mm.
Dar es Salaam averages about 10.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 15.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 62); July averages 7.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 42).
Other close climate matches for Dar es Salaam: Dili (loose), Fortaleza (loose), São Tomé (loose).
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