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City Pairings
close match
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and São Luís, Brazil are a close climate match — 16,238 km (10,090 mi) apart. Kuala Lumpur is Köppen zone Af; São Luís is As.
See Kuala Lumpur on the interactive map →Kuala Lumpur is classed tropical rainforest (Af) while São Luís is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 16,238 km (10,090 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet São Luís still tracks Kuala Lumpur’s January and July.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in São Luís should feel familiar if you know Kuala Lumpur. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (São Luís cooler); July by 1°C (São Luís cooler). Rainfall shifts more: São Luís is 50 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine: São Luís averages 10.8 hours a day across the two months vs 9.2 in Kuala Lumpur (1.5 h/day more; January 9.9 h vs 8.9 h, July 11.6 h vs 9.6 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 8 µg/m³ in São Luís vs 39 in Kuala Lumpur (lower by 31 µg/m³).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, São Luís, Brazil is the closest distant match for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — scored close, about 16,238 km (10,090 mi) away.
Kuala Lumpur and São Luís are separated by roughly 16,238 km (10,090 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 — Kuala Lumpur is tropical rainforest (Af) and São Luís is tropical savanna, dry summer (As), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Kuala Lumpur has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 32°C and a low of 23°C with 170 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 23°C and 135 mm.
Kuala Lumpur averages about 8.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 35.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 105); July averages 42.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 119).
Other close climate matches for Kuala Lumpur: Belmopan (fair), Cebu City (fair), Cancun (fair).
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