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City Pairings
loose match
Sana'a, Yemen and Windhoek, Namibia are a loose climate match — 5,147 km (3,198 mi) apart. Sana'a is Köppen zone BWk; Windhoek is BSh.
See Sana'a on the interactive map →Sana'a is classed cold desert (BWk) while Windhoek is hot steppe (BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Sana'a’s January against Windhoek’s July. They are about 5,147 km (3,198 mi) apart, so Windhoek is a reachable stand-in when you want Sana'a’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Sana'a, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 2°C (Windhoek cooler); July by 0°C (Windhoek warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Windhoek is 40 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Windhoek at 11.1 h/day on average versus 10.2 h/day in Sana'a (January 10.3 h / 10.8 h, July 11.8 h / 9.7 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 4 µg/m³ in Windhoek vs 18 in Sana'a (lower by 14 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Windhoek runs about 5°C lower in January (-3°C vs 2°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Windhoek is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Sana'a's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Sana'a and Windhoek month by month on the interactive map →
See Windhoek's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Windhoek, Namibia is the closest distant match for Sana'a, Yemen — scored loose, about 5,147 km (3,198 mi) away.
Sana'a and Windhoek are separated by roughly 5,147 km (3,198 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Windhoek’s July pairs with Sana'a’s January in the comparison.
No — Sana'a is cold desert (BWk) and Windhoek is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Sana'a has a cold desert climate (BWk). January averages a high of 23°C and a low of 8°C with 10 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 17°C and 40 mm.
Sana'a averages about 10.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 12.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 55); July averages 23.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 78).
Other close climate matches for Sana'a: Pretoria (loose), Tegucigalpa (loose), Mendoza (loose).
All cold desert (BWk) cities on Similar Climates →
Explore Sana'a and Windhoek on the interactive map →