Similar Climates › City Pairings › Luanda ≈ Las Palmas
City Pairings
fair match
Luanda, Angola and Las Palmas, Canary Islands are a fair climate match — 5,137 km (3,192 mi) apart. Luanda is Köppen zone BSh; Las Palmas is BWh.
See Luanda on the interactive map →Looking outward from Luanda (hot steppe, BSh), the closest distant match is Las Palmas (hot desert, BWh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Luanda's point of view, Las Palmas 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 Luanda, Las Palmas is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 8°C (Las Palmas cooler); July by 2°C (Las Palmas warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 1 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Las Palmas at 10.8 h/day on average versus 10.2 h/day in Luanda (January 9.5 h / 10.3 h, July 12.2 h / 10.2 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 12 µg/m³ in Las Palmas vs 21 in Luanda (lower by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Las Palmas runs about 12°C lower in January (11°C vs 23°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Las Palmas, Canary Islands is the closest distant match for Luanda, Angola — scored fair, about 5,137 km (3,192 mi) away.
Luanda and Las Palmas 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 — Luanda is hot steppe (BSh) and Las Palmas is hot desert (BWh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Luanda has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 23°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 18°C and 0 mm.
Luanda averages about 10.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 17.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 66); July averages 23.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 78).
Other close climate matches for Luanda: Praia (loose), Trujillo (loose), Antofagasta (loose).
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