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City Pairings
close match
Leeds, England and Hobart, Australia are a close climate match — 17,443 km (10,839 mi) apart. Leeds is Köppen zone Cfb; Hobart is Cfb.
See Leeds on the interactive map →Looking outward from Leeds, the atlas lands on Hobart in the same oceanic (Cfb) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Leeds’ January is compared with Hobart’s July. From Leeds, Hobart is nearly opposite on the globe (17,443 km / 10,839 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Leeds, Hobart is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 4°C (Hobart warmer); July by 0°C (Hobart warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 7 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine: Hobart averages 9.2 hours a day across the two months vs 7.2 in Leeds (2.0 h/day more; January 7 h vs 3.7 h, July 11.3 h vs 10.7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (3 µg/m³ in Hobart, 7 in Leeds). Dew points differ modestly (January 4°C vs 2°C; July 9°C vs 12°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Hobart is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Leeds's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Leeds and Hobart month by month on the interactive map →
See Hobart's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Hobart, Australia is the closest distant match for Leeds, England — scored close, about 17,443 km (10,839 mi) away.
Leeds and Hobart are separated by roughly 17,443 km (10,839 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Hobart’s July pairs with Leeds’ January in the comparison.
Yes — both are oceanic (Cfb).
Leeds has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 7°C and a low of 1°C with 61 mm of rain; July averages 21°C / 12°C and 51 mm.
Leeds averages about 3.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 8.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 42); July averages 5.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 31).
Other close climate matches for Leeds: Dunedin (close), Invercargill (fair), Christchurch (loose).
All oceanic (Cfb) cities on Similar Climates →
Explore Leeds and Hobart on the interactive map →