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fair match
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba and Asunción, Paraguay are a fair climate match — 5,407 km (3,360 mi) apart. Santiago de Cuba is Köppen zone Aw; Asunción is Cfa.
See Santiago de Cuba on the interactive map →Santiago de Cuba is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Asunción is humid subtropical (Cfa) — 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: Santiago de Cuba’s January against Asunción’s July. They are about 5,407 km (3,360 mi) apart, so Asunción is a reachable stand-in when you want Santiago de Cuba’s weather elsewhere.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Santiago de Cuba and Asunción. January means differ by 4°C (Asunción cooler); July by 0°C (Asunción warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Asunción is 80 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Asunción averages 9.7 hours a day across the two months vs 11.1 in Santiago de Cuba (1.4 h/day less; January 8 h vs 10.4 h, July 11.4 h vs 11.7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Asunción, 10 in Santiago de Cuba). Humidity: dew point in Asunción runs about 8°C lower in January (12°C vs 20°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Asunción is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Santiago de Cuba's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Santiago de Cuba and Asunción month by month on the interactive map →
See Asunción's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Asunción, Paraguay is the closest distant match for Santiago de Cuba, Cuba — scored fair, about 5,407 km (3,360 mi) away.
Santiago de Cuba and Asunción are separated by roughly 5,407 km (3,360 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Asunción’s July pairs with Santiago de Cuba’s January in the comparison.
No — Santiago de Cuba is tropical savanna (Aw) and Asunción is humid subtropical (Cfa), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Santiago de Cuba has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 28°C and a low of 18°C with 35 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 23°C and 60 mm.
Santiago de Cuba averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 36); July averages 13.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 57).
Other close climate matches for Santiago de Cuba: Chennai (loose), Monterrey (loose), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (loose).
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