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City Pairings
loose match
Taipei, Taiwan and Port Louis, Mauritius are a loose climate match — 8,552 km (5,314 mi) apart. Taipei is Köppen zone Cfa; Port Louis is Am.
See Taipei on the interactive map →Taipei is classed humid subtropical (Cfa) while Port Louis is tropical monsoon (Am) — 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: Taipei’s January against Port Louis’ July. Roughly 8,552 km (5,314 mi) separates them — far enough that Port Louis feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Taipei.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Taipei, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 5°C (Port Louis warmer); July by 4°C (Port Louis cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 6 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine: Port Louis averages 10.6 hours a day across the two months vs 7.8 in Taipei (2.8 h/day more; January 10.2 h vs 4.6 h, July 11 h vs 11.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 8 µg/m³ in Port Louis vs 22 in Taipei (lower by 14 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Port Louis runs about 5°C higher in January (17°C vs 12°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Port Louis is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Taipei's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Taipei and Port Louis month by month on the interactive map →
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On Similar Climates, Port Louis, Mauritius is the closest distant match for Taipei, Taiwan — scored loose, about 8,552 km (5,314 mi) away.
Taipei and Port Louis are separated by roughly 8,552 km (5,314 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Port Louis’ July pairs with Taipei’s January in the comparison.
No — Taipei is humid subtropical (Cfa) and Port Louis is tropical monsoon (Am), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Taipei has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 19°C and a low of 14°C with 86 mm of rain; July averages 34°C / 26°C and 246 mm.
Taipei averages about 4.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 22.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 75); July averages 22.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 81).
Other close climate matches for Taipei: Port Vila (loose), Suva (loose), Tampa (loose).
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