Similar Climates › City Pairings › Marseille ≈ Adelaide
City Pairings
close match
Marseille, France and Adelaide, Australia are a close climate match — 15,929 km (9,898 mi) apart. Marseille is Köppen zone Csa; Adelaide is Csb.
See Marseille on the interactive map →Marseille is classed hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) while Adelaide is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Marseille’s January against Adelaide’s July. They are about 15,929 km (9,898 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Adelaide still tracks Marseille’s January and July.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Adelaide should feel familiar if you know Marseille. January means differ by 5°C (Adelaide warmer); July by 2°C (Adelaide cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Adelaide is 15 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Adelaide at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.7 h/day in Marseille (January 8.2 h / 7.4 h, July 12.4 h / 14 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ in Adelaide vs 10 in Marseille (lower by 5 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Adelaide runs about 5°C lower in July (11°C vs 16°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Adelaide is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Marseille's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
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On Similar Climates, Adelaide, Australia is the closest distant match for Marseille, France — scored close, about 15,929 km (9,898 mi) away.
Marseille and Adelaide are separated by roughly 15,929 km (9,898 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Adelaide’s July pairs with Marseille’s January in the comparison.
No — Marseille is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Adelaide is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Marseille has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 11°C and a low of 3°C with 55 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 19°C and 8 mm.
Marseille averages about 7.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 14 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 12.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 53); July averages 8.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 47).
Other close climate matches for Marseille: Srinagar (fair), Amman (loose), Athens (fair).
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