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Cities with Nice Weather
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#332Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah guys here like to joke about how we're having "Scottish" weather when it's raining, so it's funny to see Edinburgh (704mm/year) isn't really that much wetter than Prague (587mm/year)
I have never been to Edinburgh, but mm/year isn't the best way of saying if a place is wet or not. A city that has that horrible misty rain two thirds of the year may not score high a mm/year measure, but in reality you'll be wet two days out of three.
"in reality you'll be wet two days out of three."
I walked and cycled to work in Edinburgh for ~20 years and I really didn't get wet that often, although I did certainly get drookit a few times.
Edit: I spend quite a lot of time in the areas of Scotland that are pretty wet (> 3000mm/year) - Edinburgh isn't anything like those.
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#333As someone who lives in the US Northeast with its biting winters, San Diego and Los Angeles's yearlong climate seems like a dream.
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#334IMO Medellín, Colombia (known as "the city of eternal spring") is about perfect from a weather perspective. It averages around 23c year round (varying between about 18 and 28). It does have a rainy season, but even then mornings are often sunny (afternoon not so much).
A good friend spends a lot of time in Montevideo, Uruguay and he says it has fairly steady pleasant weather.
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#335Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have never been to Edinburgh, but mm/year isn't the best way of saying if a place is wet or not. A city that has that horrible misty rain two thirds of the year may not score high a mm/year measure, but in reality you'll be wet two days out of three.
"in reality you'll be wet two days out of three." I walked and cycled to work in Edinburgh for ~20 years and I really didn't get wet that often, although I did certainly get drookit a few times. Edit: I spend quite a lot of time in the areas of Scotland that are pretty wet (> 3000mm/year) - Edinburgh isn't anything like those.
Yeah, I don't know how Edinburgh is specifically, just that in general I think using this measurement is hiding part of the truth. In places with wet and dry seasons, you might get rain for a month and the rest of the year is dry, but mm/year might still be very high.
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#336The Mediterannean seaside. The french riviera, Italy, Croatia. I spent lots of time in Spain (Valencia): way too warm in the summer IMO (too much south) and the spanish kinda build fugly buildings along the entire coast, ruining it (compared to France, the difference is staggering). Here on the french riviera / Cote d'Azur I get to type this while watching the sea and I get my kid to the village's school while drivin…
I agree this area (mediterranean coast) is one of the best in the world. There are nuances between countries: Italy has arguably the best food, Spain has the best weather, France has a combination of these two, good food and good weather.
In my case I went for Spain because I don't like to feel the cold, ever. I like to be outdoors all year, plus villas cost a fraction of what they cost in France or Italy. You can easily buy a completely new build with a pool in a nice area for 300.000€.
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#337I did a similar study many years ago then actually moved to the city. It was wonderful, the climate was perfect for me. Moderate all year, low humidity, low wind and rain. Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico was the answer for me. I will move back there when the kids are older.
Do you feel safe in Mexico? I saw an HN comment the other day from someone who had acquaintances who moved to Mexico and were murdered.
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#338Interesting to see him zero in on Cusco and Bogota. Both are equatorial(esque) cities. Bogota is at 8,000 ft and Cusco is at ~11,000 ft, and both have sunset within ~30 minutes of 6pm for 300+ days a year. Cusco actually gets hot, but Bogota reminds me a lot of san francisco. It rarely gets above 65F in the day time, and 45-55F at night is pretty common. Bogota is a Real City with a population of 8 million and daily flights to Madrid (Spain, Europe) with full suite of services. Medellin is about a 4-6 hour drive from Bogota and has a very San Diego-esque climate year round.
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#339Looking at the variance as a single datapoint doesn't capture temperature information very well. A single rare outlier data will make a city look bad even if most days are milkd.
I hacked together a little program to try something different. My rule was to look at the daily average temperature for a bunch of cities on a single year. Then count up the number of "good temperature" days which I defined to be within 60°F-80°F. The best cities are the ones with the most good days.
Based on that, looking at US cities, the top and bottom ten are:
282 : San Diego, California
256 : Los Angeles, California
236 : Orlando, Florida
203 : Honolulu, Hawaii
202 : Jacksonville, Florida
199 : West Palm Beach, Florida
193 : Tampa St. Petersburg, Florida
189 : Asheville, North Carolina
179 : Charleston, South Carolina
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92 : Duluth, Minnesota
91 : Casper, Wyoming
89 : Concord, New Hampshire
89 : Great Falls, Montana
87 : Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
80 : Caribou, Maine
76 : Salt Lake City, Utah
64 : Anchorage, Alaska
63 : Fairbanks, Alaska
41 : Juneau, Alaska
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#340Lower variability isn't a very good indicator of good weather at all. Humidity, median vs. average yearly temp, annual sunshine, and precipitation are more useful IMHO.