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fair match
El Paso, Texas and Tamanrasset, Algeria are a fair climate match — 10,581 km (6,575 mi) apart. El Paso is Köppen zone BWh; Tamanrasset is BWh.
See El Paso on the interactive map →Looking outward from El Paso, the atlas lands on Tamanrasset in the same hot desert (BWh) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. El Paso looks across roughly 10,581 km (6,575 mi) to Tamanrasset: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For El Paso, Tamanrasset is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 4°C (Tamanrasset warmer); July by 1°C (Tamanrasset warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Tamanrasset is 35 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Tamanrasset at 10.8 h/day on average versus 11.0 h/day in El Paso (January 10.2 h / 9.2 h, July 11.3 h / 12.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 16 µg/m³ in Tamanrasset vs 9 in El Paso (higher by 6 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Tamanrasset runs about 11°C lower in July (2°C vs 13°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Compare El Paso and Tamanrasset month by month on the interactive map →
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On Similar Climates, Tamanrasset, Algeria is the closest distant match for El Paso, Texas — scored fair, about 10,581 km (6,575 mi) away.
El Paso and Tamanrasset are separated by roughly 10,581 km (6,575 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are hot desert (BWh).
El Paso has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 15°C and a low of 1°C with 11 mm of rain; July averages 35°C / 22°C and 45 mm.
El Paso averages about 9.2 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 10.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 49); July averages 8.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 52).
Other close climate matches for El Paso: Alice Springs (fair), Mendoza (fair), Peshawar (loose).
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