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City Pairings
close match
Vientiane, Laos and Nagpur, India are a close climate match — 2,487 km (1,545 mi) apart. Vientiane is Köppen zone Aw; Nagpur is Aw.
See Vientiane on the interactive map →Looking outward from Vientiane, the atlas lands on Nagpur in the same tropical savanna (Aw) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. From Vientiane, the atlas looks only about 2,487 km (1,545 mi) away to Nagpur — a nearby stand-in when you want this climate elsewhere.
For Vientiane, Nagpur is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Nagpur cooler); July by 1°C (Nagpur cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Nagpur is 15 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Nagpur at 8.2 h/day on average versus 8.9 h/day in Vientiane (January 10 h / 10 h, July 6.3 h / 7.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 39 µg/m³ in Nagpur vs 13 in Vientiane (higher by 26 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Nagpur runs about 4°C lower in January (11°C vs 15°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Nagpur, India is the closest distant match for Vientiane, Laos — scored close, about 2,487 km (1,545 mi) away.
Vientiane and Nagpur are separated by roughly 2,487 km (1,545 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 tropical savanna (Aw).
Vientiane has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 29°C and a low of 16°C with 5 mm of rain; July averages 32°C / 25°C and 305 mm.
Vientiane averages about 10 hours of sunshine a day in January and 7.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 18.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 66); July averages 8.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 46).
Other close climate matches for Vientiane: Kolkata (close), Darwin (fair), Cuiabá (fair).
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