Similar Climates › City Pairings › Mashhad ≈ Madrid
City Pairings
close match
Mashhad, Iran and Madrid, Spain are a close climate match — 5,420 km (3,368 mi) apart. Mashhad is Köppen zone BSk; Madrid is Csa.
See Mashhad on the interactive map →Looking outward from Mashhad (cold steppe, BSk), the closest distant match is Madrid (hot-summer Mediterranean, Csa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Mashhad's point of view, Madrid 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 Mashhad, Madrid is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 4°C (Madrid warmer); July by 0°C (Madrid cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 9 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Madrid at 10.4 h/day on average versus 10.6 h/day in Mashhad (January 7 h / 8.2 h, July 13.9 h / 13.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 11 µg/m³ in Madrid vs 20 in Mashhad (lower by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Madrid runs about 5°C higher in January (2°C vs -3°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Madrid, Spain is the closest distant match for Mashhad, Iran — scored close, about 5,420 km (3,368 mi) away.
Mashhad and Madrid 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 — Mashhad is cold steppe (BSk) and Madrid is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Mashhad has a cold steppe climate (BSk). January averages a high of 7°C and a low of -3°C with 40 mm of rain; July averages 34°C / 19°C and 1 mm.
Mashhad averages about 8.2 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 26.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 83); July averages 13.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 62).
Other close climate matches for Mashhad: Boise (fair), Fes (fair), Aleppo (fair).
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