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City Pairings
close match
Toulouse, France and Melbourne, Australia are a close climate match — 16,900 km (10,501 mi) apart. Toulouse is Köppen zone Cfa; Melbourne is Cfb.
See Toulouse on the interactive map →Looking outward from Toulouse (humid subtropical, Cfa), the closest distant match is Melbourne (oceanic, Cfb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still line up closely enough. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Toulouse’s January is compared with Melbourne’s July. From Toulouse, Melbourne is nearly opposite on the globe (16,900 km / 10,501 mi), yet still the place this atlas picks when January and July need a match.
For Toulouse, Melbourne is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. January means differ by 4°C (Melbourne warmer); July by 2°C (Melbourne cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 9 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Melbourne at 9.0 h/day on average versus 8.4 h/day in Toulouse (January 6.9 h / 5 h, July 11.1 h / 11.9 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (8 µg/m³ in Melbourne, 9 in Toulouse). Dew points differ modestly (January 6°C vs 3°C; July 12°C vs 15°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Melbourne is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Toulouse's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Toulouse and Melbourne month by month on the interactive map →
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On Similar Climates, Melbourne, Australia is the closest distant match for Toulouse, France — scored close, about 16,900 km (10,501 mi) away.
Toulouse and Melbourne are separated by roughly 16,900 km (10,501 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Melbourne’s July pairs with Toulouse’s January in the comparison.
No — Toulouse is humid subtropical (Cfa) and Melbourne is oceanic (Cfb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Toulouse has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). January averages a high of 9°C and a low of 2°C with 52 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 16°C and 38 mm.
Toulouse averages about 5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 11.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 52); July averages 6.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 38).
Other close climate matches for Toulouse: Srinagar (fair), Sofia (fair), Chișinău (fair).
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