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City Pairings
close match
Medellín, Colombia and Kampala, Uganda are a close climate match — 12,009 km (7,462 mi) apart. Medellín is Köppen zone Aw; Kampala is Af.
See Medellín on the interactive map →Looking outward from Medellín (tropical savanna, Aw), the closest distant match is Kampala (tropical rainforest, Af) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Medellín looks across roughly 12,009 km (7,462 mi) to Kampala: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Medellín, Kampala is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 2°C (Kampala cooler); January means differ by 0°C (Kampala warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Kampala is 40 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Kampala at 10.9 h/day on average versus 10.4 h/day in Medellín (January 11 h / 10.3 h, July 10.9 h / 10.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 30 µg/m³ in Kampala vs 12 in Medellín (higher by 18 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Kampala runs about 4°C higher in July (17°C vs 13°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Kampala, Uganda is the closest distant match for Medellín, Colombia — scored close, about 12,009 km (7,462 mi) away.
Medellín and Kampala are separated by roughly 12,009 km (7,462 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 — Medellín is tropical savanna (Aw) and Kampala is tropical rainforest (Af), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Medellín has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 28°C and a low of 16°C with 60 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 17°C and 105 mm.
Medellín averages about 10.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 14.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 60); July averages 10.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 51).
Other close climate matches for Medellín: Curitiba (loose), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (loose), Gqeberha (loose).
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