City Pairings
Hot Desert cities (BWh)
BWh is hot desert: very little rain, intense summer heat, and large day–night swings. Winters are mild to warm rather than freezing.
30 cities in this zone on the atlas. January highs run from 7°C to 36°C; July highs from 18°C to 46°C (roster normals).
Largest roster city: Karachi, Pakistan ≈ Bangkok, Thailand.
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ≈ Djibouti, Djibouti
- Aden, Yemen ≈ Muscat, Oman
- Alexandria, Egypt ≈ Almería, Spain
- Alice Springs, Australia ≈ El Paso, Texas
- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan ≈ Salt Lake City, Utah
- Aswan, Egypt ≈ Tamanrasset, Algeria
- Baghdad, Iraq ≈ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Cairo, Egypt ≈ La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Djibouti, Djibouti ≈ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Doha, Qatar ≈ Djibouti, Djibouti
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates ≈ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- El Paso, Texas ≈ Tamanrasset, Algeria
- Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico ≈ Alice Springs, Australia
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ≈ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Karachi, Pakistan ≈ Bangkok, Thailand
- Khartoum, Sudan ≈ Timbuktu, Mali
- Kuwait City, Kuwait ≈ Las Vegas, Nevada
- La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico ≈ Cairo, Egypt
- Las Palmas, Canary Islands ≈ Luanda, Angola
- Las Vegas, Nevada ≈ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Lima, Peru ≈ Antofagasta, Chile
- Manama, Bahrain ≈ Djibouti, Djibouti
- Muscat, Oman ≈ Aden, Yemen
- Nouakchott, Mauritania ≈ Mogadishu, Somalia
- Phoenix, Arizona ≈ Peshawar, Pakistan
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ≈ Las Vegas, Nevada
- Tamanrasset, Algeria ≈ El Paso, Texas
- Timbuktu, Mali ≈ Khartoum, Sudan
- Trujillo, Peru ≈ Luanda, Angola
- Walvis Bay, Namibia ≈ Agadir, Morocco