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City Pairings
fair match
Thimphu, Bhutan and Mbabane, Eswatini are a fair climate match — 8,654 km (5,377 mi) apart. Thimphu is Köppen zone Cwb; Mbabane is Cwb.
See Thimphu on the interactive map →Looking outward from Thimphu, the atlas lands on Mbabane in the same subtropical highland (Cwb) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Thimphu’s January is compared with Mbabane’s July. Thimphu looks across roughly 8,654 km (5,377 mi) to Mbabane: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Thimphu, Mbabane is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. January means differ by 8°C (Mbabane warmer); July within half a degree. Rainfall shifts more: Mbabane is 20 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine: Mbabane averages 9.9 hours a day across the two months vs 8.1 in Thimphu (1.8 h/day more; January 9.4 h vs 9.2 h, July 10.3 h vs 7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (10 µg/m³ in Mbabane, 7 in Thimphu). Humidity: dew point in Mbabane runs about 10°C higher in January (4°C vs -6°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
Mbabane is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Thimphu's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Thimphu and Mbabane month by month on the interactive map →
See Mbabane's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Mbabane, Eswatini is the closest distant match for Thimphu, Bhutan — scored fair, about 8,654 km (5,377 mi) away.
Thimphu and Mbabane are separated by roughly 8,654 km (5,377 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Mbabane’s July pairs with Thimphu’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are subtropical highland (Cwb).
Thimphu has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb). January averages a high of 12°C and a low of -3°C with 12 mm of rain; July averages 25°C / 15°C and 230 mm.
Thimphu averages about 9.2 hours of sunshine a day in January and 7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 11 µg/m³ (US AQI 57); July averages 3 µg/m³ (US AQI 28).
Other close climate matches for Thimphu: Mexico City (loose), Johannesburg (loose), Harare (loose).
All subtropical highland (Cwb) cities on Similar Climates →
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