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loose match
Denver, Colorado and Bloemfontein, South Africa are a loose climate match — 15,444 km (9,596 mi) apart. Denver is Köppen zone BSk; Bloemfontein is BSk.
See Denver on the interactive map →Looking outward from Denver, the atlas lands on Bloemfontein in the same cold steppe (BSk) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Denver’s January is compared with Bloemfontein’s July. From Denver, Bloemfontein is nearly opposite on the globe (15,444 km / 9,596 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Denver, Bloemfontein is a loose outward analogue — useful, though not a perfect copy of this climate. January means differ by 8°C (Bloemfontein warmer); July by 2°C (Bloemfontein cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Bloemfontein is 26 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Bloemfontein at 10.9 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Denver (January 10 h / 7.9 h, July 11.9 h / 12.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 6 µg/m³ in Bloemfontein vs 11 in Denver (lower by 5 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Bloemfontein runs about 8°C higher in January (-2°C vs -10°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Bloemfontein is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Denver's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Denver and Bloemfontein month by month on the interactive map →
See Bloemfontein's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Bloemfontein, South Africa is the closest distant match for Denver, Colorado — scored loose, about 15,444 km (9,596 mi) away.
Denver and Bloemfontein are separated by roughly 15,444 km (9,596 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Bloemfontein’s July pairs with Denver’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are cold steppe (BSk).
Denver has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 7°C and a low of -8°C with 13 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 16°C and 54 mm.
Denver averages about 7.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 12.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 54); July averages 10.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 59).
Other close climate matches for Denver: Bishkek (loose), Maseru (loose), Kabul (loose).
All cold steppe (BSk) cities on Similar Climates →
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