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City Pairings
close match
Nouméa, New Caledonia and Bridgetown, Barbados are a close climate match — 15,049 km (9,351 mi) apart. Nouméa is Köppen zone Aw; Bridgetown is Aw.
See Nouméa on the interactive map →Looking outward from Nouméa, the atlas lands on Bridgetown in the same tropical savanna (Aw) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Nouméa’s January is compared with Bridgetown’s July. From Nouméa, Bridgetown is nearly opposite on the globe (15,049 km / 9,351 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Nouméa, Bridgetown is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 4°C (Bridgetown warmer); January means match within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Bridgetown is 25 mm wetter in January, and 15 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Bridgetown averages 11.1 hours a day across the two months vs 9.7 in Nouméa (1.5 h/day more; January 11.3 h vs 10.9 h, July 10.9 h vs 8.4 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 15 µg/m³ in Bridgetown vs 8 in Nouméa (higher by 8 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Bridgetown runs about 6°C higher in July (21°C vs 15°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Nouméa is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Bridgetown's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Nouméa and Bridgetown month by month on the interactive map →
See Bridgetown's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Bridgetown, Barbados is the closest distant match for Nouméa, New Caledonia — scored close, about 15,049 km (9,351 mi) away.
Nouméa and Bridgetown are separated by roughly 15,049 km (9,351 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Bridgetown’s July pairs with Nouméa’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are tropical savanna (Aw).
Nouméa has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 23°C with 110 mm of rain; July averages 23°C / 17°C and 80 mm.
Nouméa averages about 10.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 36); July averages 8.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 45).
Other close climate matches for Nouméa: Havana (fair), San Juan (fair), Rio de Janeiro (fair).
All tropical savanna (Aw) cities on Similar Climates →
Explore Nouméa and Bridgetown on the interactive map →