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fair match
Tucson, Arizona and Peshawar, Pakistan are a fair climate match — 12,646 km (7,858 mi) apart. Tucson is Köppen zone BSh; Peshawar is BSh.
See Tucson on the interactive map →Looking outward from Tucson, the atlas lands on Peshawar in the same hot steppe (BSh) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. Tucson looks across roughly 12,646 km (7,858 mi) to Peshawar: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.
For Tucson, Peshawar is a fair outward match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Peshawar cooler); July by 2°C (Peshawar warmer).
Sunshine: Peshawar averages 8.9 hours a day across the two months vs 10.4 in Tucson (1.5 h/day less; January 7.6 h vs 9 h, July 10.2 h vs 11.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 45 µg/m³ in Peshawar vs 6 in Tucson (higher by 39 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Peshawar runs about 10°C higher in July (23°C vs 13°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Peshawar, Pakistan is the closest distant match for Tucson, Arizona — scored fair, about 12,646 km (7,858 mi) away.
Tucson and Peshawar are separated by roughly 12,646 km (7,858 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are hot steppe (BSh).
Tucson has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 18°C and a low of 5°C with 25 mm of rain; July averages 38°C / 24°C and 60 mm.
Tucson averages about 9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 35); July averages 6.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 53).
Other close climate matches for Tucson: Alice Springs (loose), Monterrey (loose), Tamanrasset (loose).
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