City Pairings
Hot Steppe cities (BSh)
BSh is hot steppe: semi-arid, warmer than cold steppe, with just enough rain to support grassland rather than true desert scrub.
29 cities in this zone on the atlas. January highs run from 16°C to 33°C; July highs from 20°C to 38°C (roster normals).
Largest roster city: Lahore, Pakistan ≈ Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
- Agadir, Morocco ≈ San Diego, California
- Ahmedabad, India ≈ Naypyidaw, Myanmar
- Almería, Spain ≈ Alexandria, Egypt
- Benghazi, Libya ≈ Algiers, Algeria
- Bujumbura, Burundi ≈ Perth, Australia
- Bulawayo, Zimbabwe ≈ Salta, Argentina
- Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico ≈ Córdoba, Argentina
- Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico ≈ N'Djamena, Chad
- Dakar, Senegal ≈ Cartagena, Colombia
- Delhi, India ≈ Vientiane, Laos
- Dodoma, Tanzania ≈ Quito, Ecuador
- Gaborone, Botswana ≈ Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Gqeberha, South Africa ≈ Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
- Jaipur, India ≈ Cuiabá, Brazil
- Lahore, Pakistan ≈ Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Luanda, Angola ≈ Las Palmas, Canary Islands
- Marrakesh, Morocco ≈ Quetta, Pakistan
- Mogadishu, Somalia ≈ Managua, Nicaragua
- Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico ≈ Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- N'Djamena, Chad ≈ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Niamey, Niger ≈ Hyderabad, India
- Oran, Algeria ≈ Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ≈ N'Djamena, Chad
- Peshawar, Pakistan ≈ Tucson, Arizona
- Praia, Cabo Verde ≈ Las Palmas, Canary Islands
- Salta, Argentina ≈ Pretoria, South Africa
- Tripoli, Libya ≈ Alexandria, Egypt
- Tucson, Arizona ≈ Peshawar, Pakistan
- Windhoek, Namibia ≈ Córdoba, Argentina