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close match
Hangzhou, China and Osaka, Japan are a close climate match — 1,518 km (943 mi) apart. Hangzhou is Köppen zone Cfa; Osaka is Cfa.
See Hangzhou on the interactive map →Hangzhou and Osaka both sit in the humid subtropical (Cfa) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,518 km (943 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Osaka should feel familiar if you know Hangzhou. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Osaka warmer); July by 0°C (Osaka cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Osaka is 25 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Osaka averages 8.6 hours a day across the two months vs 7.3 in Hangzhou (1.3 h/day more; January 7.6 h vs 5.6 h, July 9.5 h vs 9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 18 µg/m³ in Osaka vs 48 in Hangzhou (lower by 30 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -1°C vs 0°C; July 21°C vs 24°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Osaka, Japan is the closest distant match for Hangzhou, China — scored close, about 1,518 km (943 mi) away.
Hangzhou and Osaka are separated by roughly 1,518 km (943 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 humid subtropical (Cfa).
Hangzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 8°C and a low of 2°C with 70 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 26°C and 165 mm.
Hangzhou averages about 5.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 62.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 142); July averages 34.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 108).
Other close climate matches for Hangzhou: Tokyo (fair), Nagoya (fair), Fukuoka (fair).
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