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City Pairings
fair match
İzmir, Türkiye and Perth, Australia are a fair climate match — 12,042 km (7,483 mi) apart. İzmir is Köppen zone Csa; Perth is Csa.
See İzmir on the interactive map →İzmir and Perth both sit in the hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: İzmir’s January against Perth’s July. Roughly 12,042 km (7,483 mi) separates them — far enough that Perth feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for İzmir.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between İzmir and Perth. January means differ by 5°C (Perth warmer); July by 2°C (Perth cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Perth is 25 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Perth at 10.6 h/day on average versus 10.5 h/day in İzmir (January 8.4 h / 7.1 h, July 12.8 h / 13.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 6 µg/m³ in Perth vs 17 in İzmir (lower by 12 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Perth runs about 4°C higher in January (8°C vs 4°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Perth is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with İzmir's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare İzmir and Perth month by month on the interactive map →
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On Similar Climates, Perth, Australia is the closest distant match for İzmir, Türkiye — scored fair, about 12,042 km (7,483 mi) away.
İzmir and Perth are separated by roughly 12,042 km (7,483 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Perth’s July pairs with İzmir’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa).
İzmir has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 12°C and a low of 4°C with 120 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 21°C and 5 mm.
İzmir averages about 7.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 21.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 74); July averages 13.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 58).
Other close climate matches for İzmir: Tunis (fair), Lisbon (loose), Dushanbe (loose).
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