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City Pairings
close match
São Luís, Brazil and Palembang, Indonesia are a close climate match — 16,522 km (10,266 mi) apart. São Luís is Köppen zone As; Palembang is Af.
See São Luís on the interactive map →São Luís is classed tropical savanna, dry summer (As) while Palembang is tropical rainforest (Af) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 16,522 km (10,266 mi) apart, nearly opposite on the globe, yet Palembang still tracks São Luís’ January and July.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Palembang should feel familiar if you know São Luís. Temperatures stay tight: January means match within half a degree; July by 1°C (Palembang warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Palembang is 45 mm wetter in January, and 45 mm drier in July.
Sunshine: Palembang averages 9.0 hours a day across the two months vs 10.8 in São Luís (1.8 h/day less; January 8 h vs 9.9 h, July 10 h vs 11.6 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 14 µg/m³ in Palembang vs 8 in São Luís (higher by 6 µg/m³).
January & July · °C and mm
Compare São Luís and Palembang month by month on the interactive map →
See Palembang's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Palembang, Indonesia is the closest distant match for São Luís, Brazil — scored close, about 16,522 km (10,266 mi) away.
São Luís and Palembang are separated by roughly 16,522 km (10,266 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 — São Luís is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) and Palembang is tropical rainforest (Af), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
São Luís has a tropical savanna, dry summer climate (As). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 23°C with 220 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 22°C and 145 mm.
São Luís averages about 9.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.5 µg/m³ (US AQI 48); July averages 7.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 41).
Other close climate matches for São Luís: Kuala Lumpur (close), Iquitos (fair), Honiara (fair).
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