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City Pairings
very close match
Dunedin, New Zealand and Belfast, Northern Ireland are a very close climate match — 19,012 km (11,814 mi) apart. Dunedin is Köppen zone Cfb; Belfast is Cfb.
See Dunedin on the interactive map →Looking outward from Dunedin, the atlas lands on Belfast 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 Dunedin’s January is compared with Belfast’s July. From Dunedin, Belfast is nearly opposite on the globe (19,012 km / 11,814 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Dunedin, this is a very close outward match — Belfast is among the tightest distant picks in the atlas. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Belfast cooler); July by 2°C (Belfast cooler).
Sunshine: Belfast averages 6.8 hours a day across the two months vs 8.3 in Dunedin (1.5 h/day less; January 9.8 h vs 10.5 h, July 3.8 h vs 6.1 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Belfast, 5 in Dunedin).
January & July · °C and mm
Dunedin is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Belfast's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Dunedin and Belfast month by month on the interactive map →
See Belfast's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Belfast, Northern Ireland is the closest distant match for Dunedin, New Zealand — scored very close, about 19,012 km (11,814 mi) away.
Dunedin and Belfast are separated by roughly 19,012 km (11,814 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Belfast’s July pairs with Dunedin’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are oceanic (Cfb).
Dunedin has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 19°C and a low of 11°C with 75 mm of rain; July averages 10°C / 3°C and 70 mm.
Dunedin averages about 10.5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 6.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 31); July averages 4.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 26).
Other close climate matches for Dunedin: Edinburgh (very close), Manchester (close), Dublin (close).
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Explore Dunedin and Belfast on the interactive map →