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close match
Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Manila, Philippines are a close climate match — 12,427 km (7,722 mi) apart. Port Harcourt is Köppen zone Am; Manila is Am.
See Port Harcourt on the interactive map →Port Harcourt and Manila both sit in the tropical monsoon (Am) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Roughly 12,427 km (7,722 mi) separates them — far enough that Manila feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Port Harcourt.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Manila should feel familiar if you know Port Harcourt. July by 2°C (Manila warmer); January means differ by 2°C (Manila cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Manila is 20 mm drier in January.
Sunshine: Manila averages 9.2 hours a day across the two months vs 8.2 in Port Harcourt (1.0 h/day more; January 9.9 h vs 10 h, July 8.5 h vs 6.4 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 16 µg/m³ in Manila vs 36 in Port Harcourt (lower by 21 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 21°C vs 23°C; July 24°C vs 23°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Manila, Philippines is the closest distant match for Port Harcourt, Nigeria — scored close, about 12,427 km (7,722 mi) away.
Port Harcourt and Manila are separated by roughly 12,427 km (7,722 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 monsoon (Am).
Port Harcourt has a tropical monsoon climate (Am). January averages a high of 32°C and a low of 22°C with 40 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 22°C and 425 mm.
Port Harcourt averages about 10 hours of sunshine a day in January and 6.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 53.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 127); July averages 19 µg/m³ (US AQI 69).
Other close climate matches for Port Harcourt: Cairns (fair), Papeete (loose), Ho Chi Minh City (loose).
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