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City Pairings
loose match
Delhi, India and Vientiane, Laos are a loose climate match — 2,842 km (1,766 mi) apart. Delhi is Köppen zone BSh; Vientiane is Aw.
See Delhi on the interactive map →Delhi is classed hot steppe (BSh) while Vientiane is tropical savanna (Aw) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 2,842 km (1,766 mi) apart, so Vientiane is a reachable stand-in when you want Delhi’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Delhi, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 8°C (Vientiane warmer); July by 2°C (Vientiane cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Vientiane is 95 mm wetter in July, and 15 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Vientiane at 8.9 h/day on average versus 8.9 h/day in Delhi (January 10 h / 8.9 h, July 7.8 h / 9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³ in Vientiane vs 81 in Delhi (lower by 68 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Vientiane runs about 8°C higher in January (15°C vs 7°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Vientiane, Laos is the closest distant match for Delhi, India — scored loose, about 2,842 km (1,766 mi) away.
Delhi and Vientiane are separated by roughly 2,842 km (1,766 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 — Delhi is hot steppe (BSh) and Vientiane is tropical savanna (Aw), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Delhi has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 21°C and a low of 8°C with 20 mm of rain; July averages 35°C / 27°C and 210 mm.
Delhi averages about 8.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 119.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 199); July averages 43 µg/m³ (US AQI 126).
Other close climate matches for Delhi: Beira (loose), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (loose), Bangkok (loose).
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