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City Pairings
close match
Los Angeles, California and Rabat, Morocco are a close climate match — 9,609 km (5,971 mi) apart. Los Angeles is Köppen zone BSk; Rabat is Csa.
See Los Angeles on the interactive map →Looking outward from Los Angeles (cold steppe, BSk), the closest distant match is Rabat (hot-summer Mediterranean, Csa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Los Angeles looks across roughly 9,609 km (5,971 mi) to Rabat: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Los Angeles, Rabat is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 2°C (Rabat cooler); July by 0°C (Rabat cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 6 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Rabat at 10.6 h/day on average versus 10.7 h/day in Los Angeles (January 8.6 h / 8.3 h, July 12.5 h / 13.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 12 µg/m³ in Rabat vs 19 in Los Angeles (lower by 8 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Rabat runs about 5°C higher in January (9°C vs 4°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Rabat, Morocco is the closest distant match for Los Angeles, California — scored close, about 9,609 km (5,971 mi) away.
Los Angeles and Rabat are separated by roughly 9,609 km (5,971 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 — Los Angeles is cold steppe (BSk) and Rabat is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Los Angeles has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 20°C and a low of 9°C with 79 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 18°C and 0 mm.
Los Angeles averages about 8.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 21.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 74); July averages 16.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 65).
Other close climate matches for Los Angeles: Oran (close), Casablanca (fair), Agadir (fair).
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