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City Pairings
loose match
Gaborone, Botswana and Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico are a loose climate match — 15,255 km (9,479 mi) apart. Gaborone is Köppen zone BSh; Chihuahua is BSh.
See Gaborone on the interactive map →Gaborone and Chihuahua both sit in the hot steppe (BSh) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Gaborone’s January against Chihuahua’s July. They are about 15,255 km (9,479 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Chihuahua still tracks Gaborone’s January and July.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Gaborone, though not a perfect copy. July by 4°C (Chihuahua cooler); January means differ by 0°C (Chihuahua warmer).
Sunshine stays close: Chihuahua at 11.1 h/day on average versus 11.1 h/day in Gaborone (January 12.7 h / 11.7 h, July 9.6 h / 10.4 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (7 µg/m³ in Chihuahua, 8 in Gaborone). Dew points differ modestly (January 13°C vs 16°C; July -1°C vs 2°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Gaborone is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Chihuahua's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Gaborone and Chihuahua month by month on the interactive map →
See Chihuahua's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico is the closest distant match for Gaborone, Botswana — scored loose, about 15,255 km (9,479 mi) away.
Gaborone and Chihuahua are separated by roughly 15,255 km (9,479 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Chihuahua’s July pairs with Gaborone’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are hot steppe (BSh).
Gaborone has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 33°C and a low of 19°C with 105 mm of rain; July averages 23°C / 4°C and 0 mm.
Gaborone averages about 11.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 7.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 41); July averages 8.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 44).
Other close climate matches for Gaborone: Oaxaca (loose), Córdoba (loose), Salta (loose).
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