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City Pairings
loose match
Walvis Bay, Namibia and Agadir, Morocco are a loose climate match — 6,469 km (4,020 mi) apart. Walvis Bay is Köppen zone BWh; Agadir is BSh.
See Walvis Bay on the interactive map →Walvis Bay is classed hot desert (BWh) while Agadir is hot steppe (BSh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: Walvis Bay’s January against Agadir’s July. They are about 6,469 km (4,020 mi) apart, so Agadir is a reachable stand-in when you want Walvis Bay’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Walvis Bay, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 2°C (Agadir warmer); July by 0°C (Agadir cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Agadir is 39 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Agadir at 10.9 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Walvis Bay (January 12.3 h / 11.8 h, July 9.6 h / 9.9 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 15 µg/m³ in Agadir vs 6 in Walvis Bay (higher by 9 µg/m³).
January & July · °C and mm
Walvis Bay is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Agadir's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare Walvis Bay and Agadir month by month on the interactive map →
See Agadir's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Agadir, Morocco is the closest distant match for Walvis Bay, Namibia — scored loose, about 6,469 km (4,020 mi) away.
Walvis Bay and Agadir are separated by roughly 6,469 km (4,020 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Agadir’s July pairs with Walvis Bay’s January in the comparison.
No — Walvis Bay is hot desert (BWh) and Agadir is hot steppe (BSh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Walvis Bay has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 24°C and a low of 16°C with 3 mm of rain; July averages 20°C / 8°C and 1 mm.
Walvis Bay averages about 11.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 6.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 38); July averages 4.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 28).
Other close climate matches for Walvis Bay: Trujillo (loose), Tijuana (loose), San Diego (loose).
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