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loose match
Kuwait City, Kuwait and Las Vegas, Nevada are a loose climate match — 12,517 km (7,778 mi) apart. Kuwait City is Köppen zone BWh; Las Vegas is BWh.
See Kuwait City on the interactive map →Kuwait City and Las Vegas both sit in the hot desert (BWh) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Roughly 12,517 km (7,778 mi) separates them — far enough that Las Vegas feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Kuwait City.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Kuwait City, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 4°C (Las Vegas cooler); July by 4°C (Las Vegas cooler).
Sunshine stays close: Las Vegas at 10.8 h/day on average versus 10.6 h/day in Kuwait City (January 8.5 h / 9.1 h, July 13.2 h / 12.2 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 8 µg/m³ in Las Vegas vs 53 in Kuwait City (lower by 45 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Las Vegas runs about 10°C lower in January (-3°C vs 7°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Las Vegas, Nevada is the closest distant match for Kuwait City, Kuwait — scored loose, about 12,517 km (7,778 mi) away.
Kuwait City and Las Vegas are separated by roughly 12,517 km (7,778 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).
Kuwait City has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 19°C and a low of 8°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 46°C / 30°C and 0 mm.
Kuwait City averages about 9.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 43.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 128); July averages 62.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 307).
Other close climate matches for Kuwait City: Phoenix (loose), Aswan (loose), Dubai (loose).
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