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City Pairings
close match
Mombasa, Kenya and Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire are a close climate match — 4,960 km (3,082 mi) apart. Mombasa is Köppen zone As; Abidjan is Aw.
See Mombasa on the interactive map →Looking outward from Mombasa (tropical savanna, dry summer, As), the closest distant match is Abidjan (tropical savanna, Aw) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. From Mombasa's point of view, Abidjan sits about 4,960 km (3,082 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Mombasa, Abidjan is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Abidjan cooler); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Abidjan is 16 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Abidjan averages 9.8 hours a day across the two months vs 10.9 in Mombasa (1.1 h/day less; January 10.1 h vs 11.3 h, July 9.5 h vs 10.6 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 20 µg/m³ in Abidjan vs 11 in Mombasa (higher by 10 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 23°C vs 23°C; July 23°C vs 20°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire is the closest distant match for Mombasa, Kenya — scored close, about 4,960 km (3,082 mi) away.
Mombasa and Abidjan are separated by roughly 4,960 km (3,082 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 — Mombasa is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) and Abidjan is tropical savanna (Aw), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Mombasa has a tropical savanna, dry summer climate (As). January averages a high of 32°C and a low of 24°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 21°C and 76 mm.
Mombasa averages about 11.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 13.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 58); July averages 8.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 44).
Other close climate matches for Mombasa: Lomé (close), Porto-Novo (fair), Yaoundé (fair).
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