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City Pairings
loose match
Valdivia, Chile and Olympia, Washington are a loose climate match — 10,836 km (6,733 mi) apart. Valdivia is Köppen zone Csb; Olympia is Csb.
See Valdivia on the interactive map →Valdivia and Olympia both sit in the warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Valdivia’s January against Olympia’s July. Roughly 10,836 km (6,733 mi) separates them — far enough that Olympia feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Valdivia.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Valdivia, though not a perfect copy. July by 4°C (Olympia cooler); January means differ by 2°C (Olympia warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Olympia is 190 mm drier in July, and 45 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Olympia at 8.4 h/day on average versus 9.2 h/day in Valdivia (January 12.8 h / 12.9 h, July 4 h / 5.4 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Olympia, 4 in Valdivia). Humidity: dew point in Olympia runs about 4°C lower in July (2°C vs 6°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
Valdivia is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Olympia's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
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On Similar Climates, Olympia, Washington is the closest distant match for Valdivia, Chile — scored loose, about 10,836 km (6,733 mi) away.
Valdivia and Olympia are separated by roughly 10,836 km (6,733 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Olympia’s July pairs with Valdivia’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb).
Valdivia has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). January averages a high of 23°C and a low of 11°C with 65 mm of rain; July averages 11°C / 4°C and 400 mm.
Valdivia averages about 12.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 5.4 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 3.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 20); July averages 4.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 26).
Other close climate matches for Valdivia: Moroni (loose), Vancouver (loose), Goroka (loose).
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