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City Pairings
fair match
Juba, South Sudan and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso are a fair climate match — 3,731 km (2,318 mi) apart. Juba is Köppen zone Aw; Ouagadougou is BSh.
See Juba on the interactive map →Juba is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Ouagadougou is hot steppe (BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 3,731 km (2,318 mi) apart, so Ouagadougou is a reachable stand-in when you want Juba’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Juba and Ouagadougou. January means differ by 4°C (Ouagadougou cooler); July by 2°C (Ouagadougou warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Ouagadougou is 50 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Ouagadougou at 10.2 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Juba (January 10.8 h / 11.3 h, July 9.7 h / 10.5 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (24 µg/m³ in Ouagadougou, 21 in Juba). Humidity: dew point in Ouagadougou runs about 12°C lower in January (2°C vs 14°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso is the closest distant match for Juba, South Sudan — scored fair, about 3,731 km (2,318 mi) away.
Juba and Ouagadougou are separated by roughly 3,731 km (2,318 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 — Juba is tropical savanna (Aw) and Ouagadougou is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Juba has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 37°C and a low of 19°C with 5 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 20°C and 145 mm.
Juba averages about 11.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 25.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 85); July averages 16.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 64).
Other close climate matches for Juba: N'Djamena (fair), Kano (loose), San Salvador (loose).
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