Similar Climates › City Pairings › Ho Chi Minh City ≈ Acapulco de Juarez
City Pairings
close match
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico are a close climate match — 15,775 km (9,802 mi) apart. Ho Chi Minh City is Köppen zone Aw; Acapulco de Juarez is Aw.
See Ho Chi Minh City on the interactive map →Ho Chi Minh City and Acapulco de Juarez both sit in the tropical savanna (Aw) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They are about 15,775 km (9,802 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Acapulco de Juarez still tracks Ho Chi Minh City’s January and July.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Acapulco de Juarez should feel familiar if you know Ho Chi Minh City. Temperatures stay tight: January means match within half a degree; July by 0°C (Acapulco de Juarez warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Acapulco de Juarez is 63 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Acapulco de Juarez averages 10.7 hours a day across the two months vs 9.4 in Ho Chi Minh City (1.3 h/day more; January 10.6 h vs 10.4 h, July 10.8 h vs 8.4 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 10 µg/m³ in Acapulco de Juarez vs 25 in Ho Chi Minh City (lower by 15 µg/m³).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico is the closest distant match for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam — scored close, about 15,775 km (9,802 mi) away.
Ho Chi Minh City and Acapulco de Juarez are separated by roughly 15,775 km (9,802 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 tropical savanna (Aw).
Ho Chi Minh City has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 32°C and a low of 21°C with 14 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 25°C and 293 mm.
Ho Chi Minh City averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 27.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 89); July averages 22.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 75).
Other close climate matches for Ho Chi Minh City: Kolkata (fair), Lagos (fair), Darwin (fair).
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