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City Pairings
close match
San José, Costa Rica and Brasília, Brazil are a close climate match — 4,900 km (3,045 mi) apart. San José is Köppen zone Af; Brasília is Aw.
See San José on the interactive map →San José is classed tropical rainforest (Af) while Brasília is tropical savanna (Aw) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 4,900 km (3,045 mi) apart, so Brasília is a reachable stand-in when you want San José’s weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Brasília should feel familiar if you know San José. January means differ by 2°C (Brasília warmer); July by 2°C (Brasília cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Brasília is 234 mm wetter in January, and 216 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Brasília averages 10.5 hours a day across the two months vs 9.5 in San José (1.0 h/day more; January 10.3 h vs 10.7 h, July 10.7 h vs 8.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Brasília, 7 in San José). Humidity: dew point in Brasília runs about 9°C lower in July (10°C vs 19°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Brasília, Brazil is the closest distant match for San José, Costa Rica — scored close, about 4,900 km (3,045 mi) away.
San José and Brasília are separated by roughly 4,900 km (3,045 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 — San José is tropical rainforest (Af) and Brasília is tropical savanna (Aw), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
San José has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 26°C and a low of 15°C with 6 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 16°C and 222 mm.
San José averages about 10.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 8.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 33); July averages 7.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for San José: Antananarivo (close), Guatemala City (very close), Belo Horizonte (fair).
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