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loose match
Lahore, Pakistan and Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico are a loose climate match — 13,625 km (8,466 mi) apart. Lahore is Köppen zone BSh; Monterrey is BSh.
See Lahore on the interactive map →Lahore and Monterrey both sit in the hot steppe (BSh) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Roughly 13,625 km (8,466 mi) separates them — far enough that Monterrey feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Lahore.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Lahore, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 2°C (Monterrey warmer); July by 2°C (Monterrey cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Monterrey is 85 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Monterrey averages 10.1 hours a day across the two months vs 8.8 in Lahore (1.3 h/day more; January 8.2 h vs 7.8 h, July 12.1 h vs 9.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 11 µg/m³ in Monterrey vs 95 in Lahore (lower by 84 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Monterrey runs about 5°C lower in July (19°C vs 24°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico is the closest distant match for Lahore, Pakistan — scored loose, about 13,625 km (8,466 mi) away.
Lahore and Monterrey are separated by roughly 13,625 km (8,466 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 steppe (BSh).
Lahore has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 19°C and a low of 6°C with 20 mm of rain; July averages 36°C / 27°C and 155 mm.
Lahore averages about 7.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 139.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 219); July averages 50.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 138).
Other close climate matches for Lahore: Asunción (loose), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (loose), Lucknow (fair).
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