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City Pairings
fair match
Kigali, Rwanda and Cape Town, South Africa are a fair climate match — 3,756 km (2,334 mi) apart. Kigali is Köppen zone Aw; Cape Town is Csb.
See Kigali on the interactive map →Kigali is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Cape Town is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 3,756 km (2,334 mi) apart, so Cape Town is a reachable stand-in when you want Kigali’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Kigali and Cape Town. July by 8°C (Cape Town cooler); January means match within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Cape Town is 83 mm wetter in July, and 80 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Cape Town at 10.9 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Kigali (January 13.3 h / 10.4 h, July 8.4 h / 10.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 20 µg/m³ in Cape Town vs 28 in Kigali (lower by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Cape Town runs about 4°C lower in July (9°C vs 13°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Cape Town, South Africa is the closest distant match for Kigali, Rwanda — scored fair, about 3,756 km (2,334 mi) away.
Kigali and Cape Town are separated by roughly 3,756 km (2,334 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 — Kigali is tropical savanna (Aw) and Cape Town is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Kigali has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 16°C with 95 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 15°C and 10 mm.
Kigali averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 34.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 99); July averages 22.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 76).
Other close climate matches for Kigali: Cali (loose), San Jose (loose), Los Angeles (loose).
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