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close match
Guatemala City, Guatemala and Brasília, Brazil are a close climate match — 5,773 km (3,587 mi) apart. Guatemala City is Köppen zone Aw; Brasília is Aw.
See Guatemala City on the interactive map →Looking outward from Guatemala City, the atlas lands on Brasília in the same tropical savanna (Aw) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Guatemala City’s January is compared with Brasília’s July. From Guatemala City's point of view, Brasília sits about 5,773 km (3,587 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Guatemala City, Brasília is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Brasília warmer); July by 2°C (Brasília warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Brasília is 37 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Brasília at 10.5 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Guatemala City (January 10.7 h / 10.8 h, July 10.3 h / 10.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ in Brasília vs 12 in Guatemala City (lower by 7 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 10°C vs 13°C; July 18°C vs 17°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Brasília is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Guatemala City's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Guatemala City and Brasília month by month on the interactive map →
See Brasília's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Brasília, Brazil is the closest distant match for Guatemala City, Guatemala — scored close, about 5,773 km (3,587 mi) away.
Guatemala City and Brasília are separated by roughly 5,773 km (3,587 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Brasília’s July pairs with Guatemala City’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are tropical savanna (Aw).
Guatemala City has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 24°C and a low of 12°C with 3 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 16°C and 203 mm.
Guatemala City averages about 10.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 12.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 55); July averages 11.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 54).
Other close climate matches for Guatemala City: Lilongwe (fair), San José (very close), Harare (fair).
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