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City Pairings
loose match
Lubumbashi, DR Congo and Concepción, Chile are a loose climate match — 10,148 km (6,306 mi) apart. Lubumbashi is Köppen zone Cwa; Concepción is Csb.
See Lubumbashi on the interactive map →Lubumbashi is classed dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) while Concepción is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 10,148 km (6,306 mi) separates them — far enough that Concepción feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Lubumbashi.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Lubumbashi, though not a perfect copy. July by 8°C (Concepción cooler); January means differ by 2°C (Concepción cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Concepción is 215 mm drier in January, and 155 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Concepción at 10.1 h/day on average versus 9.9 h/day in Lubumbashi (January 13.4 h / 8.8 h, July 6.8 h / 10.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 6 µg/m³ in Concepción vs 18 in Lubumbashi (lower by 12 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Concepción runs about 6°C lower in January (12°C vs 18°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Concepción, Chile is the closest distant match for Lubumbashi, DR Congo — scored loose, about 10,148 km (6,306 mi) away.
Lubumbashi and Concepción are separated by roughly 10,148 km (6,306 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 — Lubumbashi is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) and Concepción is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Lubumbashi has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 16°C with 235 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 7°C and 0 mm.
Lubumbashi averages about 8.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 13.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 56); July averages 23.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 77).
Other close climate matches for Lubumbashi: Olympia (loose), Salem (loose), Santiago (loose).
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