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fair match
Mbabane, Eswatini and Thimphu, Bhutan are a fair climate match — 8,654 km (5,377 mi) apart. Mbabane is Köppen zone Cwb; Thimphu is Cwb.
See Mbabane on the interactive map →Looking outward from Mbabane, the atlas lands on Thimphu in the same subtropical highland (Cwb) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Mbabane’s January is compared with Thimphu’s July. Mbabane looks across roughly 8,654 km (5,377 mi) to Thimphu: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Mbabane, Thimphu is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. July by 8°C (Thimphu cooler); January means match within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Thimphu is 20 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Thimphu averages 8.1 hours a day across the two months vs 9.9 in Mbabane (1.8 h/day less; January 7 h vs 10.3 h, July 9.2 h vs 9.4 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (7 µg/m³ in Thimphu, 10 in Mbabane). Humidity: dew point in Thimphu runs about 10°C lower in July (-6°C vs 4°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Mbabane is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Thimphu's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Mbabane and Thimphu month by month on the interactive map →
See Thimphu's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Thimphu, Bhutan is the closest distant match for Mbabane, Eswatini — scored fair, about 8,654 km (5,377 mi) away.
Mbabane and Thimphu are separated by roughly 8,654 km (5,377 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Thimphu’s July pairs with Mbabane’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are subtropical highland (Cwb).
Mbabane has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb). January averages a high of 25°C and a low of 15°C with 250 mm of rain; July averages 19°C / 6°C and 15 mm.
Mbabane averages about 10.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 8.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 43); July averages 11.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 51).
Other close climate matches for Mbabane: Antananarivo (fair), Kunming (fair), Brasília (fair).
All subtropical highland (Cwb) cities on Similar Climates →
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