Similar Climates › City Pairings › Naha ≈ Malé
City Pairings
fair match
Naha, Japan and Malé, Maldives are a fair climate match — 6,251 km (3,884 mi) apart. Naha is Köppen zone Cfa; Malé is Am.
See Naha on the interactive map →Naha is classed humid subtropical (Cfa) while Malé is tropical monsoon (Am) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 6,251 km (3,884 mi) apart, so Malé is a reachable stand-in when you want Naha’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Naha and Malé. January means differ by 10°C (Malé warmer); July by 2°C (Malé cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 9 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine: Malé averages 10.4 hours a day across the two months vs 8.8 in Naha (1.6 h/day more; January 10.9 h vs 6.4 h, July 10 h vs 11.2 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (12 µg/m³ in Malé, 10 in Naha). Humidity: dew point in Malé runs about 13°C higher in January (24°C vs 11°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Malé, Maldives is the closest distant match for Naha, Japan — scored fair, about 6,251 km (3,884 mi) away.
Naha and Malé are separated by roughly 6,251 km (3,884 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 — Naha is humid subtropical (Cfa) and Malé is tropical monsoon (Am), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Naha has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 20°C and a low of 15°C with 107 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 27°C and 141 mm.
Naha averages about 6.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 13 µg/m³ (US AQI 58); July averages 7.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 39).
Other close climate matches for Naha: Nouméa (loose), Salvador (loose), Nuku'alofa (loose).
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