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City Pairings
close match
Melbourne, Australia and Toulouse, France are a close climate match — 16,900 km (10,501 mi) apart. Melbourne is Köppen zone Cfb; Toulouse is Cfa.
See Melbourne on the interactive map →Looking outward from Melbourne (oceanic, Cfb), the closest distant match is Toulouse (humid subtropical, Cfa) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Melbourne’s January is compared with Toulouse’s July. From Melbourne, Toulouse is nearly opposite on the globe (16,900 km / 10,501 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Melbourne, Toulouse is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 4°C (Toulouse cooler); January means differ by 2°C (Toulouse warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 9 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Toulouse at 8.4 h/day on average versus 9.0 h/day in Melbourne (January 11.9 h / 11.1 h, July 5 h / 6.9 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Toulouse, 8 in Melbourne). Dew points differ modestly (January 15°C vs 12°C; July 3°C vs 6°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Melbourne is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Toulouse's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Melbourne and Toulouse month by month on the interactive map →
See Toulouse's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Toulouse, France is the closest distant match for Melbourne, Australia — scored close, about 16,900 km (10,501 mi) away.
Melbourne and Toulouse are separated by roughly 16,900 km (10,501 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Toulouse’s July pairs with Melbourne’s January in the comparison.
No — Melbourne is oceanic (Cfb) and Toulouse is humid subtropical (Cfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Melbourne has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 26°C and a low of 14°C with 47 mm of rain; July averages 14°C / 6°C and 48 mm.
Melbourne averages about 11.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 6.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 48); July averages 6.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 35).
Other close climate matches for Melbourne: Bordeaux (fair), Christchurch (fair), London (loose).
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Explore Melbourne and Toulouse on the interactive map →