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City Pairings
loose match
Kathmandu, Nepal and Indore, India are a loose climate match — 1,103 km (685 mi) apart. Kathmandu is Köppen zone Cwa; Indore is As.
See Kathmandu on the interactive map →Kathmandu is classed dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) while Indore is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They sit only about 1,103 km (685 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Kathmandu, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 8°C (Indore warmer); July by 2°C (Indore warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Indore is 85 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Indore at 7.8 h/day on average versus 8.2 h/day in Kathmandu (January 9.9 h / 9.4 h, July 5.8 h / 7.1 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (30 µg/m³ in Indore, 31 in Kathmandu).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Indore, India is the closest distant match for Kathmandu, Nepal — scored loose, about 1,103 km (685 mi) away.
Kathmandu and Indore are separated by roughly 1,103 km (685 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 — Kathmandu is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) and Indore is tropical savanna, dry summer (As), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Kathmandu has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 19°C and a low of 2°C with 15 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 20°C and 375 mm.
Kathmandu averages about 9.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 7.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 46.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 122); July averages 15 µg/m³ (US AQI 60).
Other close climate matches for Kathmandu: Guadalajara (loose), Bhopal (loose), Belo Horizonte (loose).
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