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City Pairings
close match
Olympia, Washington and Concepción, Chile are a close climate match — 10,562 km (6,563 mi) apart. Olympia is Köppen zone Csb; Concepción is Csb.
See Olympia on the interactive map →Olympia and Concepción both sit in the warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Olympia’s January against Concepción’s July. Roughly 10,562 km (6,563 mi) separates them — far enough that Concepción feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Olympia.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Concepción should feel familiar if you know Olympia. January means differ by 5°C (Concepción warmer); July by 1°C (Concepción warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Concepción is 55 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Concepción averages 10.1 hours a day across the two months vs 8.4 in Olympia (1.7 h/day more; January 6.8 h vs 4 h, July 13.4 h vs 12.8 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Concepción, 6 in Olympia). Humidity: dew point in Concepción runs about 5°C higher in January (7°C vs 2°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Concepción is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Olympia's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Olympia and Concepción month by month on the interactive map →
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On Similar Climates, Concepción, Chile is the closest distant match for Olympia, Washington — scored close, about 10,562 km (6,563 mi) away.
Olympia and Concepción are separated by roughly 10,562 km (6,563 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Concepción’s July pairs with Olympia’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb).
Olympia has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). January averages a high of 8°C and a low of 0°C with 210 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 11°C and 20 mm.
Olympia averages about 4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 37); July averages 5.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 32).
Other close climate matches for Olympia: San Carlos de Bariloche (loose), Tirana (loose), Porto (loose).
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