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fair match
Merida, Yucatán, Mexico and Asunción, Paraguay are a fair climate match — 6,195 km (3,849 mi) apart. Merida is Köppen zone Aw; Asunción is Cfa.
See Merida on the interactive map →Merida is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Asunción is humid subtropical (Cfa) — 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: Merida’s January against Asunción’s July. They are about 6,195 km (3,849 mi) apart, so Asunción is a reachable stand-in when you want Merida’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Merida and Asunción. January means differ by 5°C (Asunción cooler); July by 0°C (Asunción cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Asunción is 15 mm wetter in January, and 15 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Asunción at 9.7 h/day on average versus 10.2 h/day in Merida (January 8 h / 9 h, July 11.4 h / 11.4 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Asunción, 12 in Merida). Humidity: dew point in Asunción runs about 6°C lower in January (12°C vs 18°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Asunción is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Merida's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Merida and Asunción month by month on the interactive map →
See Asunción's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Asunción, Paraguay is the closest distant match for Merida, Yucatán, Mexico — scored fair, about 6,195 km (3,849 mi) away.
Merida and Asunción are separated by roughly 6,195 km (3,849 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Asunción’s July pairs with Merida’s January in the comparison.
No — Merida is tropical savanna (Aw) and Asunción is humid subtropical (Cfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Merida has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 17°C with 30 mm of rain; July averages 35°C / 23°C and 125 mm.
Merida averages about 9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 37); July averages 16.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 65).
Other close climate matches for Merida: Port-au-Prince (fair), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (fair), Campo Grande (loose).
All tropical savanna (Aw) cities on Similar Climates →
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