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City Pairings
fair match
Huambo, Angola and Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico are a fair climate match — 12,778 km (7,940 mi) apart. Huambo is Köppen zone Cwb; Oaxaca is Cwa.
See Huambo on the interactive map →Huambo is classed subtropical highland (Cwb) while Oaxaca is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Huambo’s January against Oaxaca’s July. Roughly 12,778 km (7,940 mi) separates them — far enough that Oaxaca feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Huambo.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Huambo and Oaxaca. July by 2°C (Oaxaca warmer); January means differ by 2°C (Oaxaca warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Oaxaca is 85 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Oaxaca averages 11.1 hours a day across the two months vs 10.1 in Huambo (1.0 h/day more; January 11.4 h vs 8.9 h, July 10.7 h vs 11.2 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 7 µg/m³ in Oaxaca vs 16 in Huambo (lower by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Oaxaca runs about 6°C higher in July (9°C vs 3°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Huambo is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Oaxaca's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Huambo and Oaxaca month by month on the interactive map →
See Oaxaca's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico is the closest distant match for Huambo, Angola — scored fair, about 12,778 km (7,940 mi) away.
Huambo and Oaxaca are separated by roughly 12,778 km (7,940 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Oaxaca’s July pairs with Huambo’s January in the comparison.
No — Huambo is subtropical highland (Cwb) and Oaxaca is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Huambo has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb). January averages a high of 26°C and a low of 14°C with 220 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 6°C and 0 mm.
Huambo averages about 8.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 8.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 44); July averages 22.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 79).
Other close climate matches for Huambo: Salta (fair), Puebla (fair), Mexico City (loose).
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