Similar Climates › City Pairings › Trujillo ≈ Luanda
City Pairings
loose match
Trujillo, Peru and Luanda, Angola are a loose climate match — 10,115 km (6,285 mi) apart. Trujillo is Köppen zone BWh; Luanda is BSh.
See Trujillo on the interactive map →Trujillo is classed hot desert (BWh) while Luanda is hot steppe (BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 10,115 km (6,285 mi) separates them — far enough that Luanda feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Trujillo.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Trujillo, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 4°C (Luanda warmer); July by 4°C (Luanda warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Luanda is 24 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Luanda at 10.2 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Trujillo (January 10.3 h / 11 h, July 10.2 h / 10.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 21 µg/m³ in Luanda vs 12 in Trujillo (higher by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Luanda runs about 4°C higher in January (23°C vs 19°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Luanda, Angola is the closest distant match for Trujillo, Peru — scored loose, about 10,115 km (6,285 mi) away.
Trujillo and Luanda are separated by roughly 10,115 km (6,285 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 — Trujillo is hot desert (BWh) and Luanda is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Trujillo has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 27°C and a low of 19°C with 1 mm of rain; July averages 20°C / 15°C and 1 mm.
Trujillo averages about 11 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 10.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 52); July averages 12.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 56).
Other close climate matches for Trujillo: Walvis Bay (loose), Las Palmas (loose), Antofagasta (loose).
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