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City Pairings
loose match
Kabul, Afghanistan and Boise, Idaho are a loose climate match — 11,308 km (7,026 mi) apart. Kabul is Köppen zone BSk; Boise is Csa.
See Kabul on the interactive map →Kabul is classed cold steppe (BSk) while Boise is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 11,308 km (7,026 mi) separates them — far enough that Boise feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Kabul.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Kabul, though not a perfect copy. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Boise warmer); July by 0°C (Boise warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 5 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Boise at 10.2 h/day on average versus 10.3 h/day in Kabul (January 6.4 h / 7.8 h, July 14 h / 12.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 7 µg/m³ in Boise vs 22 in Kabul (lower by 15 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -5°C vs -7°C; July 7°C vs 7°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Boise, Idaho is the closest distant match for Kabul, Afghanistan — scored loose, about 11,308 km (7,026 mi) away.
Kabul and Boise are separated by roughly 11,308 km (7,026 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 — Kabul is cold steppe (BSk) and Boise is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Kabul has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 5°C and a low of -7°C with 34 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 16°C and 1 mm.
Kabul averages about 7.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 29.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 106); July averages 15.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 86).
Other close climate matches for Kabul: Bishkek (fair), Damascus (loose), Santiago (loose).
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