Similar Climates › City Pairings › Nuku'alofa ≈ Port Louis
City Pairings
close match
Nuku'alofa, Tonga and Port Louis, Mauritius are a close climate match — 12,673 km (7,875 mi) apart. Nuku'alofa is Köppen zone Af; Port Louis is Am.
See Nuku'alofa on the interactive map →Nuku'alofa is classed tropical rainforest (Af) while Port Louis is tropical monsoon (Am) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 12,673 km (7,875 mi) separates them — far enough that Port Louis feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Nuku'alofa.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Port Louis should feel familiar if you know Nuku'alofa. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Port Louis warmer); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Port Louis is 65 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Port Louis at 10.6 h/day on average versus 9.8 h/day in Nuku'alofa (January 11 h / 10.4 h, July 10.2 h / 9.1 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (8 µg/m³ in Port Louis, 7 in Nuku'alofa).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Port Louis, Mauritius is the closest distant match for Nuku'alofa, Tonga — scored close, about 12,673 km (7,875 mi) away.
Nuku'alofa and Port Louis are separated by roughly 12,673 km (7,875 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 — Nuku'alofa is tropical rainforest (Af) and Port Louis is tropical monsoon (Am), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Nuku'alofa has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 29°C and a low of 23°C with 175 mm of rain; July averages 25°C / 18°C and 95 mm.
Nuku'alofa averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 34); July averages 8.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 43).
Other close climate matches for Nuku'alofa: Florianópolis (close), Cebu City (close), San Juan (close).
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