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City Pairings
loose match
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico and Alice Springs, Australia are a loose climate match — 13,608 km (8,456 mi) apart. Hermosillo is Köppen zone BWh; Alice Springs is BWh.
See Hermosillo on the interactive map →Hermosillo and Alice Springs both sit in the hot desert (BWh) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Hermosillo’s January against Alice Springs’ July. Roughly 13,608 km (8,456 mi) separates them — far enough that Alice Springs feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Hermosillo.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Hermosillo, though not a perfect copy. July by 4°C (Alice Springs cooler); January means differ by 4°C (Alice Springs cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 5 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Alice Springs at 10.6 h/day on average versus 10.8 h/day in Hermosillo (January 9.9 h / 9.6 h, July 11.3 h / 11.9 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (3 µg/m³ in Alice Springs, 6 in Hermosillo). Humidity: dew point in Alice Springs runs about 11°C lower in July (9°C vs 20°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Alice Springs is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Hermosillo's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Hermosillo and Alice Springs month by month on the interactive map →
See Alice Springs's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Alice Springs, Australia is the closest distant match for Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico — scored loose, about 13,608 km (8,456 mi) away.
Hermosillo and Alice Springs are separated by roughly 13,608 km (8,456 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Alice Springs’ July pairs with Hermosillo’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are hot desert (BWh).
Hermosillo has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 24°C and a low of 8°C with 20 mm of rain; July averages 40°C / 26°C and 45 mm.
Hermosillo averages about 9.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 4.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 33); July averages 7.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 45).
Other close climate matches for Hermosillo: Timbuktu (loose), Khartoum (loose), Peshawar (loose).
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