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City Pairings
close match
Rabat, Morocco and Los Angeles, California are a close climate match — 9,609 km (5,971 mi) apart. Rabat is Köppen zone Csa; Los Angeles is BSk.
See Rabat on the interactive map →Looking outward from Rabat (hot-summer Mediterranean, Csa), the closest distant match is Los Angeles (cold steppe, BSk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. Rabat looks across roughly 9,609 km (5,971 mi) to Los Angeles: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Rabat, Los Angeles is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 2°C (Los Angeles warmer); July by 0°C (Los Angeles warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 6 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Los Angeles at 10.7 h/day on average versus 10.6 h/day in Rabat (January 8.3 h / 8.6 h, July 13.1 h / 12.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 19 µg/m³ in Los Angeles vs 12 in Rabat (higher by 8 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Los Angeles runs about 5°C lower in January (4°C vs 9°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Los Angeles, California is the closest distant match for Rabat, Morocco — scored close, about 9,609 km (5,971 mi) away.
Rabat and Los Angeles are separated by roughly 9,609 km (5,971 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 — Rabat is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Los Angeles is cold steppe (BSk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Rabat has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 17°C and a low of 7°C with 85 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 18°C and 0 mm.
Rabat averages about 8.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 12.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 55); July averages 10.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 50).
Other close climate matches for Rabat: San Diego (fair), Tijuana (fair), Cape Town (fair).
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