Similar Climates › City Pairings › Malabo ≈ Natal
City Pairings
fair match
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea and Natal, Brazil are a fair climate match — 4,999 km (3,106 mi) apart. Malabo is Köppen zone Aw; Natal is As.
See Malabo on the interactive map →Malabo is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Natal is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 4,999 km (3,106 mi) apart, so Natal is a reachable stand-in when you want Malabo’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Malabo and Natal. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 2°C (Natal warmer); July by 1°C (Natal warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Natal is 80 mm drier in July, and 35 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine: Natal averages 10.7 hours a day across the two months vs 8.7 in Malabo (2.0 h/day more; January 11.3 h vs 10.4 h, July 10.1 h vs 6.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 10 µg/m³ in Natal vs 17 in Malabo (lower by 6 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 23°C vs 24°C; July 21°C vs 23°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Natal, Brazil is the closest distant match for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea — scored fair, about 4,999 km (3,106 mi) away.
Malabo and Natal are separated by roughly 4,999 km (3,106 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 — Malabo is tropical savanna (Aw) and Natal is tropical savanna, dry summer (As), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Malabo has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 22°C with 35 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 21°C and 330 mm.
Malabo averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 6.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 27 µg/m³ (US AQI 82); July averages 6.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 35).
Other close climate matches for Malabo: Papeete (fair), Manila (loose), Recife (loose).
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