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City Pairings
fair match
Ponta Delgada, Azores and Auckland, New Zealand are a fair climate match — 18,208 km (11,314 mi) apart. Ponta Delgada is Köppen zone Csb; Auckland is Cfb.
See Ponta Delgada on the interactive map →Looking outward from Ponta Delgada (warm-summer Mediterranean, Csb), the closest distant match is Auckland (oceanic, Cfb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Ponta Delgada’s January is compared with Auckland’s July. From Ponta Delgada, Auckland is nearly opposite on the globe (18,208 km / 11,314 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Ponta Delgada, Auckland is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 2°C (Auckland cooler); July by 0°C (Auckland cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Auckland is 50 mm wetter in July, and 35 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Auckland at 9.6 h/day on average versus 10.2 h/day in Ponta Delgada (January 7.3 h / 7.3 h, July 11.8 h / 13.1 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (7 µg/m³ in Auckland, 10 in Ponta Delgada). Humidity: dew point in Auckland runs about 4°C lower in January (8°C vs 12°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Auckland is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Ponta Delgada's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Ponta Delgada and Auckland month by month on the interactive map →
See Auckland's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Auckland, New Zealand is the closest distant match for Ponta Delgada, Azores — scored fair, about 18,208 km (11,314 mi) away.
Ponta Delgada and Auckland are separated by roughly 18,208 km (11,314 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Auckland’s July pairs with Ponta Delgada’s January in the comparison.
No — Ponta Delgada is warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) and Auckland is oceanic (Cfb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Ponta Delgada has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). January averages a high of 17°C and a low of 11°C with 110 mm of rain; July averages 24°C / 17°C and 25 mm.
Ponta Delgada averages about 7.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 12.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 56); July averages 8.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 44).
Other close climate matches for Ponta Delgada: Wellington (loose), Nice (loose), Istanbul (loose).
All warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) cities on Similar Climates →
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