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City Pairings
close match
Khartoum, Sudan and Timbuktu, Mali are a close climate match — 3,793 km (2,357 mi) apart. Khartoum is Köppen zone BWh; Timbuktu is BWh.
See Khartoum on the interactive map →Looking outward from Khartoum, the atlas lands on Timbuktu in the same hot desert (BWh) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. From Khartoum's point of view, Timbuktu sits about 3,793 km (2,357 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Khartoum, Timbuktu is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Timbuktu cooler); July by 0°C (Timbuktu cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Timbuktu is 15 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Timbuktu at 10.4 h/day on average versus 10.6 h/day in Khartoum (January 10.4 h / 10.6 h, July 10.4 h / 10.7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (24 µg/m³ in Timbuktu, 24 in Khartoum). Dew points differ modestly (January 0°C vs 3°C; July 19°C vs 16°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Timbuktu, Mali is the closest distant match for Khartoum, Sudan — scored close, about 3,793 km (2,357 mi) away.
Khartoum and Timbuktu are separated by roughly 3,793 km (2,357 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are hot desert (BWh).
Khartoum has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 31°C and a low of 15°C with 0 mm of rain; July averages 39°C / 26°C and 45 mm.
Khartoum averages about 10.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 29 µg/m³ (US AQI 94); July averages 19.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 70).
Other close climate matches for Khartoum: Niamey (loose), Hermosillo (loose), Tamanrasset (loose).
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