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City Pairings
close match
Pretoria, South Africa and Salta, Argentina are a close climate match — 9,172 km (5,699 mi) apart. Pretoria is Köppen zone Cwa; Salta is BSh.
See Pretoria on the interactive map →Looking outward from Pretoria (dry-winter subtropical, Cwa), the closest distant match is Salta (hot steppe, BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Pretoria looks across roughly 9,172 km (5,699 mi) to Salta: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Pretoria, Salta is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means match within half a degree; July by 0°C (Salta warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Salta is 55 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Salta at 9.9 h/day on average versus 10.8 h/day in Pretoria (January 10.5 h / 11.4 h, July 9.3 h / 10.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ in Salta vs 23 in Pretoria (lower by 18 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 16°C vs 16°C; July 4°C vs 1°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Salta, Argentina is the closest distant match for Pretoria, South Africa — scored close, about 9,172 km (5,699 mi) away.
Pretoria and Salta are separated by roughly 9,172 km (5,699 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 — Pretoria is dry-winter subtropical (Cwa) and Salta is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Pretoria has a dry-winter subtropical climate (Cwa). January averages a high of 29°C and a low of 17°C with 130 mm of rain; July averages 20°C / 4°C and 5 mm.
Pretoria averages about 11.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 17.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 73); July averages 27.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 87).
Other close climate matches for Pretoria: Córdoba (close), Oaxaca (fair), Chihuahua (fair).
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