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City Pairings
close match
Madrid, Spain and Mashhad, Iran are a close climate match — 5,420 km (3,368 mi) apart. Madrid is Köppen zone Csa; Mashhad is BSk.
See Madrid on the interactive map →Looking outward from Madrid (hot-summer Mediterranean, Csa), the closest distant match is Mashhad (cold steppe, BSk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Madrid's point of view, Mashhad sits about 5,420 km (3,368 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Madrid, Mashhad is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 4°C (Mashhad cooler); July by 0°C (Mashhad warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 9 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Mashhad at 10.6 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Madrid (January 8.2 h / 7 h, July 13.1 h / 13.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 20 µg/m³ in Mashhad vs 11 in Madrid (higher by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Mashhad runs about 5°C lower in January (-3°C vs 2°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Mashhad, Iran is the closest distant match for Madrid, Spain — scored close, about 5,420 km (3,368 mi) away.
Madrid and Mashhad are separated by roughly 5,420 km (3,368 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 — Madrid is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Mashhad is cold steppe (BSk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Madrid has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 11°C and a low of 1°C with 35 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 19°C and 10 mm.
Madrid averages about 7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 13 µg/m³ (US AQI 54); July averages 9 µg/m³ (US AQI 49).
Other close climate matches for Madrid: Tashkent (fair), Dushanbe (fair), Salt Lake City (fair).
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