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City Pairings
close match
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Bridgetown, Barbados are a close climate match — 4,387 km (2,726 mi) apart. Rio de Janeiro is Köppen zone Aw; Bridgetown is Aw.
See Rio de Janeiro on the interactive map →Rio de Janeiro and Bridgetown both sit in the tropical savanna (Aw) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Rio de Janeiro’s January against Bridgetown’s July. They are about 4,387 km (2,726 mi) apart, so Bridgetown is a reachable stand-in when you want Rio de Janeiro’s weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Bridgetown should feel familiar if you know Rio de Janeiro. July by 3°C (Bridgetown warmer); January means differ by 0°C (Bridgetown cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Bridgetown is 24 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Bridgetown averages 11.1 hours a day across the two months vs 9.8 in Rio de Janeiro (1.4 h/day more; January 11.3 h vs 10.5 h, July 10.9 h vs 9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 15 µg/m³ in Bridgetown vs 21 in Rio de Janeiro (lower by 5 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Bridgetown runs about 4°C higher in July (21°C vs 17°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Rio de Janeiro is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Bridgetown's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Rio de Janeiro and Bridgetown month by month on the interactive map →
See Bridgetown's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Bridgetown, Barbados is the closest distant match for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — scored close, about 4,387 km (2,726 mi) away.
Rio de Janeiro and Bridgetown are separated by roughly 4,387 km (2,726 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Bridgetown’s July pairs with Rio de Janeiro’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are tropical savanna (Aw).
Rio de Janeiro has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 24°C with 137 mm of rain; July averages 25°C / 18°C and 41 mm.
Rio de Janeiro averages about 10.5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 22.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 86); July averages 19.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 76).
Other close climate matches for Rio de Janeiro: Nassau (fair), Miami (close), Nouméa (fair).
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