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City Pairings
fair match
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico and Salta, Argentina are a fair climate match — 5,761 km (3,580 mi) apart. Oaxaca is Köppen zone Cwa; Salta is BSh.
See Oaxaca on the interactive map →Oaxaca is classed dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) while Salta is hot steppe (BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Oaxaca’s January against Salta’s July. They are about 5,761 km (3,580 mi) apart, so Salta is a reachable stand-in when you want Oaxaca’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Oaxaca and Salta. January means differ by 5°C (Salta cooler); July by 1°C (Salta warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Salta is 50 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Salta averages 9.9 hours a day across the two months vs 11.1 in Oaxaca (1.2 h/day less; January 9.3 h vs 10.7 h, July 10.5 h vs 11.4 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Salta, 7 in Oaxaca). Humidity: dew point in Salta runs about 5°C lower in January (4°C vs 9°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Salta is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Oaxaca's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Oaxaca and Salta month by month on the interactive map →
See Salta's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Salta, Argentina is the closest distant match for Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico — scored fair, about 5,761 km (3,580 mi) away.
Oaxaca and Salta are separated by roughly 5,761 km (3,580 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Salta’s July pairs with Oaxaca’s January in the comparison.
No — Oaxaca is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) and Salta is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Oaxaca has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 8°C with 3 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 16°C and 135 mm.
Oaxaca averages about 10.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 36); July averages 7.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 41).
Other close climate matches for Oaxaca: Pretoria (fair), Huambo (fair), Bulawayo (loose).
All dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) cities on Similar Climates →
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