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City Pairings
loose match
Santa Fe, New Mexico and Maseru, Lesotho are a loose climate match — 15,631 km (9,713 mi) apart. Santa Fe is Köppen zone Cfb; Maseru is Cwb.
See Santa Fe on the interactive map →Santa Fe is classed oceanic (Cfb) while Maseru is subtropical highland (Cwb) — 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: Santa Fe’s January against Maseru’s July. They are about 15,631 km (9,713 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Maseru still tracks Santa Fe’s January and July.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Santa Fe, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 8°C (Maseru warmer); July by 1°C (Maseru cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Maseru is 55 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Maseru at 10.9 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Santa Fe (January 9.8 h / 8.7 h, July 11.9 h / 13.2 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (10 µg/m³ in Maseru, 6 in Santa Fe). Humidity: dew point in Maseru runs about 5°C higher in January (-2°C vs -7°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Maseru is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Santa Fe's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Santa Fe and Maseru month by month on the interactive map →
See Maseru's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Maseru, Lesotho is the closest distant match for Santa Fe, New Mexico — scored loose, about 15,631 km (9,713 mi) away.
Santa Fe and Maseru are separated by roughly 15,631 km (9,713 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Maseru’s July pairs with Santa Fe’s January in the comparison.
No — Santa Fe is oceanic (Cfb) and Maseru is subtropical highland (Cwb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Santa Fe has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 7°C and a low of -8°C with 15 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 14°C and 60 mm.
Santa Fe averages about 8.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 42); July averages 6 µg/m³ (US AQI 51).
Other close climate matches for Santa Fe: Bloemfontein (loose), Bishkek (loose), Córdoba (loose).
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