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City Pairings
fair match
Malé, Maldives and Salvador, Brazil are a fair climate match — 12,494 km (7,763 mi) apart. Malé is Köppen zone Am; Salvador is Af.
See Malé on the interactive map →Malé is classed tropical monsoon (Am) while Salvador is tropical rainforest (Af) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 12,494 km (7,763 mi) separates them — far enough that Salvador feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Malé.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Malé and Salvador. July by 4°C (Salvador cooler); January means differ by 0°C (Salvador cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 5 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Salvador at 11.1 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Malé (January 11.6 h / 10.9 h, July 10.5 h / 10 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Salvador, 12 in Malé). Humidity: dew point in Salvador runs about 4°C lower in July (20°C vs 24°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Salvador, Brazil is the closest distant match for Malé, Maldives — scored fair, about 12,494 km (7,763 mi) away.
Malé and Salvador are separated by roughly 12,494 km (7,763 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 — Malé is tropical monsoon (Am) and Salvador is tropical rainforest (Af), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Malé has a tropical monsoon climate (Am). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 25°C with 115 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 26°C and 150 mm.
Malé averages about 10.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 18.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 66); July averages 5.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 32).
Other close climate matches for Malé: Cebu City (fair), Naha (fair), Nuku'alofa (loose).
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