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City Pairings
loose match
Zanzibar City, Tanzania and Fortaleza, Brazil are a loose climate match — 8,610 km (5,350 mi) apart. Zanzibar City is Köppen zone Aw; Fortaleza is As.
See Zanzibar City on the interactive map →Zanzibar City is classed tropical savanna (Aw) while Fortaleza is tropical savanna, dry summer (As) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 8,610 km (5,350 mi) separates them — far enough that Fortaleza feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Zanzibar City.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Zanzibar City, though not a perfect copy. July by 3°C (Fortaleza warmer); January means differ by 0°C (Fortaleza cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Fortaleza is 40 mm wetter in July, and 30 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Fortaleza at 10.7 h/day on average versus 10.9 h/day in Zanzibar City (January 10.6 h / 11.1 h, July 10.8 h / 10.7 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (10 µg/m³ in Fortaleza, 10 in Zanzibar City).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Fortaleza, Brazil is the closest distant match for Zanzibar City, Tanzania — scored loose, about 8,610 km (5,350 mi) away.
Zanzibar City and Fortaleza are separated by roughly 8,610 km (5,350 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 — Zanzibar City is tropical savanna (Aw) and Fortaleza is tropical savanna, dry summer (As), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Zanzibar City has a tropical savanna climate (Aw). January averages a high of 32°C and a low of 24°C with 70 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 19°C and 45 mm.
Zanzibar City averages about 11.1 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 11.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 54); July averages 7.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for Zanzibar City: Honolulu (loose), Bridgetown (loose), Dili (loose).
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