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🇯🇵 Nagoya’s climate twin is 🇨🇳 Nanjing, China

very close match

Nagoya, Japan and Nanjing, China are a very close climate match — 1,712 km (1,064 mi) apart. Nagoya is Köppen zone Cfa; Nanjing is Cfa.

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What to expect

Looking outward from Nagoya, the atlas lands on Nanjing in the same humid subtropical (Cfa) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. From Nagoya, the atlas looks only about 1,712 km (1,064 mi) away to Nanjing — a nearby stand-in when you want this climate elsewhere.

For Nagoya, this is a very close outward match — Nanjing is among the tightest distant picks in the atlas. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Nanjing cooler); July by 0°C (Nanjing warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Nanjing is 15 mm drier in July.

Sunshine: Nanjing averages 6.9 hours a day across the two months vs 8.6 in Nagoya (1.7 h/day less; January 5.8 h vs 8.1 h, July 8.1 h vs 9.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 49 µg/m³ in Nanjing vs 15 in Nagoya (higher by 34 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -2°C vs -2°C; July 24°C vs 21°C).

January & July climate

January & July · °C and mm

NagoyaNanjing
January
Temp
9° / 1°
8° / 0°
Rain
50 mm
40 mm
Dew
-2°
-2°
PM2.5
10.3 µg/m³
65.3 µg/m³
Sun
8.1 h
5.8 h
July
Temp
32° / 24°
32° / 25°
Rain
210 mm
195 mm
Dew
21°
24°
PM2.5
18.9 µg/m³
32.3 µg/m³
Sun
9.1 h
8.1 h

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Frequently asked questions

What place has a climate like Nagoya?

On Similar Climates, Nanjing, China is the closest distant match for Nagoya, Japan — scored very close, about 1,712 km (1,064 mi) away.

How far is Nagoya from its climate twin?

Nagoya and Nanjing are separated by roughly 1,712 km (1,064 mi) on the great-circle route.

Do Nagoya and Nanjing have their seasons at the same time?

Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.

Do Nagoya and Nanjing share a Köppen climate zone?

Yes — both are humid subtropical (Cfa).

What is the climate like in Nagoya?

Nagoya has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 9°C and a low of 1°C with 50 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 24°C and 210 mm.

How sunny is Nagoya?

Nagoya averages about 8.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.1 hours in July.

What is the air quality like in Nagoya?

January PM2.5 averages about 10.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 49); July averages 18.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 71).

Other close climate matches for Nagoya: Wuhan (close), Shanghai (close), Guangzhou (fair).

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