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City Pairings
fair match
Honolulu, Hawai‘i and Kingston, Jamaica are a fair climate match — 8,399 km (5,219 mi) apart. Honolulu is Köppen zone As; Kingston is Af.
See Honolulu on the interactive map →Honolulu is classed tropical savanna, dry summer (As) while Kingston is tropical rainforest (Af) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 8,399 km (5,219 mi) separates them — far enough that Kingston feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Honolulu.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Honolulu and Kingston. January means differ by 2°C (Kingston warmer); July by 1°C (Kingston warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Kingston is 41 mm drier in January, and 25 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Kingston at 11.2 h/day on average versus 11.4 h/day in Honolulu (January 10.5 h / 10.1 h, July 11.9 h / 12.7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (12 µg/m³ in Kingston, 8 in Honolulu). Dew points differ modestly (January 20°C vs 17°C; July 23°C vs 20°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Kingston, Jamaica is the closest distant match for Honolulu, Hawai‘i — scored fair, about 8,399 km (5,219 mi) away.
Honolulu and Kingston are separated by roughly 8,399 km (5,219 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 — Honolulu is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) and Kingston is tropical rainforest (Af), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Honolulu has a tropical savanna, dry summer climate (As). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 19°C with 64 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 23°C and 13 mm.
Honolulu averages about 10.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 7.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 43); July averages 8.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 44).
Other close climate matches for Honolulu: Algiers (loose), Zanzibar City (loose), Dar es Salaam (loose).
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