Similar Climates › City Pairings › Las Palmas ≈ Luanda
City Pairings
fair match
Las Palmas, Canary Islands and Luanda, Angola are a fair climate match — 5,137 km (3,192 mi) apart. Las Palmas is Köppen zone BWh; Luanda is BSh.
See Las Palmas on the interactive map →Looking outward from Las Palmas (hot desert, BWh), the closest distant match is Luanda (hot steppe, BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Las Palmas's point of view, Luanda sits about 5,137 km (3,192 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Las Palmas, Luanda is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 8°C (Luanda warmer); July by 2°C (Luanda cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 1 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Luanda at 10.2 h/day on average versus 10.8 h/day in Las Palmas (January 10.3 h / 9.5 h, July 10.2 h / 12.2 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 21 µg/m³ in Luanda vs 12 in Las Palmas (higher by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Luanda runs about 12°C higher in January (23°C vs 11°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Luanda, Angola is the closest distant match for Las Palmas, Canary Islands — scored fair, about 5,137 km (3,192 mi) away.
Las Palmas and Luanda are separated by roughly 5,137 km (3,192 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 — Las Palmas is hot desert (BWh) and Luanda is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Las Palmas has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 21°C and a low of 15°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 20°C and 0 mm.
Las Palmas averages about 9.5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 14 µg/m³ (US AQI 57); July averages 9.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 49).
Other close climate matches for Las Palmas: Antofagasta (loose), Praia (loose), Benghazi (loose).
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