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City Pairings
loose match
Phoenix, Arizona and Peshawar, Pakistan are a loose climate match — 12,504 km (7,770 mi) apart. Phoenix is Köppen zone BWh; Peshawar is BSh.
See Phoenix on the interactive map →Phoenix is classed hot desert (BWh) while Peshawar is hot steppe (BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 12,504 km (7,770 mi) separates them — far enough that Peshawar feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Phoenix.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Phoenix, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 3°C (Peshawar cooler); July by 2°C (Peshawar cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Peshawar is 34 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Peshawar averages 8.9 hours a day across the two months vs 10.3 in Phoenix (1.4 h/day less; January 7.6 h vs 8.5 h, July 10.2 h vs 12.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 45 µg/m³ in Peshawar vs 14 in Phoenix (higher by 32 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Peshawar runs about 10°C higher in July (23°C vs 13°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Compare Phoenix and Peshawar month by month on the interactive map →
See Peshawar's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Peshawar, Pakistan is the closest distant match for Phoenix, Arizona — scored loose, about 12,504 km (7,770 mi) away.
Phoenix and Peshawar are separated by roughly 12,504 km (7,770 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 — Phoenix is hot desert (BWh) and Peshawar is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Phoenix has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 20°C and a low of 8°C with 22 mm of rain; July averages 41°C / 28°C and 26 mm.
Phoenix averages about 8.5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 16.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 64); July averages 10.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 69).
Other close climate matches for Phoenix: Dubai (loose), Riyadh (loose), Abu Dhabi (loose).
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