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City Pairings
loose match
Paramaribo, Suriname and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are a loose climate match — 17,257 km (10,723 mi) apart. Paramaribo is Köppen zone Af; Kuala Lumpur is Af.
See Paramaribo on the interactive map →Paramaribo and Kuala Lumpur both sit in the tropical rainforest (Af) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They are about 17,257 km (10,723 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Kuala Lumpur still tracks Paramaribo’s January and July.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Paramaribo, though not a perfect copy. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Kuala Lumpur warmer); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Kuala Lumpur is 145 mm drier in July, and 30 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Kuala Lumpur averages 9.2 hours a day across the two months vs 10.6 in Paramaribo (1.3 h/day less; January 8.9 h vs 10.7 h, July 9.6 h vs 10.4 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 39 µg/m³ in Kuala Lumpur vs 10 in Paramaribo (higher by 29 µg/m³).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is the closest distant match for Paramaribo, Suriname — scored loose, about 17,257 km (10,723 mi) away.
Paramaribo and Kuala Lumpur are separated by roughly 17,257 km (10,723 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are tropical rainforest (Af).
Paramaribo has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 23°C with 200 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 23°C and 280 mm.
Paramaribo averages about 10.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 13.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 58); July averages 7.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 38).
Other close climate matches for Paramaribo: São Luís (fair), Suva (loose), Iquitos (loose).
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