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fair match
Peshawar, Pakistan and Tucson, Arizona are a fair climate match — 12,646 km (7,858 mi) apart. Peshawar is Köppen zone BSh; Tucson is BSh.
See Peshawar on the interactive map →Looking outward from Peshawar, the atlas lands on Tucson in the same hot steppe (BSh) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. Peshawar looks across roughly 12,646 km (7,858 mi) to Tucson: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Peshawar, Tucson is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Tucson warmer); July by 2°C (Tucson cooler).
Sunshine: Tucson averages 10.4 hours a day across the two months vs 8.9 in Peshawar (1.5 h/day more; January 9 h vs 7.6 h, July 11.8 h vs 10.2 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 6 µg/m³ in Tucson vs 45 in Peshawar (lower by 39 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Tucson runs about 10°C lower in July (13°C vs 23°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Tucson, Arizona is the closest distant match for Peshawar, Pakistan — scored fair, about 12,646 km (7,858 mi) away.
Peshawar and Tucson are separated by roughly 12,646 km (7,858 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 hot steppe (BSh).
Peshawar has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 18°C and a low of 4°C with 35 mm of rain; July averages 38°C / 27°C and 60 mm.
Peshawar averages about 7.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 54 µg/m³ (US AQI 138); July averages 36.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 116).
Other close climate matches for Peshawar: San Antonio (fair), Phoenix (loose), Austin (loose).
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