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City Pairings
loose match
Gitega, Burundi and Quito, Ecuador are a loose climate match — 12,054 km (7,490 mi) apart. Gitega is Köppen zone Aw; Quito is Cfc.
See Gitega on the interactive map →Gitega is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Quito is subpolar oceanic (Cfc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 12,054 km (7,490 mi) separates them — far enough that Quito feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Gitega.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Gitega, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 2°C (Quito cooler); July by 2°C (Quito cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Quito is 30 mm drier in January, and 15 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Quito at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.6 h/day in Gitega (January 9.9 h / 10.3 h, July 10.7 h / 10.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 7 µg/m³ in Quito vs 18 in Gitega (lower by 10 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Quito runs about 8°C lower in January (7°C vs 15°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Quito, Ecuador is the closest distant match for Gitega, Burundi — scored loose, about 12,054 km (7,490 mi) away.
Gitega and Quito are separated by roughly 12,054 km (7,490 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 — Gitega is tropical savanna (Aw) and Quito is subpolar oceanic (Cfc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Gitega has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 23°C and a low of 14°C with 140 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 11°C and 5 mm.
Gitega averages about 10.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 20.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 72); July averages 15.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 63).
Other close climate matches for Gitega: Concepción (loose), Cape Town (loose), Porto (loose).
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