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City Pairings
close match
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia are a close climate match — 4,098 km (2,546 mi) apart. Santo Domingo is Köppen zone Am; Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Aw.
See Santo Domingo on the interactive map →Santo Domingo is classed tropical monsoon (Am) while Santa Cruz de la Sierra is tropical savanna (Aw) — 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: Santo Domingo’s January against Santa Cruz de la Sierra’s July. They are about 4,098 km (2,546 mi) apart, so Santa Cruz de la Sierra is a reachable stand-in when you want Santo Domingo’s weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Santa Cruz de la Sierra should feel familiar if you know Santo Domingo. January means differ by 4°C (Santa Cruz de la Sierra cooler); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Santa Cruz de la Sierra is 20 mm drier in January, and 20 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Santa Cruz de la Sierra averages 9.2 hours a day across the two months vs 10.9 in Santo Domingo (1.7 h/day less; January 8.2 h vs 10.4 h, July 10.2 h vs 11.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (9 µg/m³ in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 13 in Santo Domingo). Humidity: dew point in Santa Cruz de la Sierra runs about 6°C lower in January (14°C vs 20°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Santa Cruz de la Sierra is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Santo Domingo's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Santo Domingo and Santa Cruz de la Sierra month by month on the interactive map →
See Santa Cruz de la Sierra's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia is the closest distant match for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — scored close, about 4,098 km (2,546 mi) away.
Santo Domingo and Santa Cruz de la Sierra are separated by roughly 4,098 km (2,546 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Santa Cruz de la Sierra’s July pairs with Santo Domingo’s January in the comparison.
No — Santo Domingo is tropical monsoon (Am) and Santa Cruz de la Sierra is tropical savanna (Aw), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Santo Domingo has a tropical monsoon climate (Am). January averages a high of 29°C and a low of 19°C with 60 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 22°C and 155 mm.
Santo Domingo averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 10 µg/m³ (US AQI 50); July averages 16.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 64).
Other close climate matches for Santo Domingo: Asunción (fair), Port of Spain (close), Villahermosa (fair).
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