I know there is no one ideal climate. Which city do you think has the ideal climate for you? I think I’d choose Albuquerque, NM or El Paso, TX. I enjoy low humidity and abundant sunshine without the extreme heat of other desert climates. I also like some seasonal change.
I think that most people would like San Diego. CA although it is a little cool for my tastes. I could go for somewhere like Charlottesville, VA with a little bit of the four seasons but mostly hot and humid.
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- There’s a relocation guidbook named the “Places Rated Almanac” by David Savageau that might interest you. It rates various US cities by many factors, weather being one of them.
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- There’s a relocation guidbook named the “Places Rated Almanac” by David Savageau that might interest you. It rates various US cities by many factors, weather being one of them.
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Miami is probably my favorite US city: Hot and humid.
Phoenix is nice for most of the year, but the summers are too dry for me.
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I haven’t been to California but once, and I’m sure lots of places there are nice year-round. However, I can vouch for Tallahassee. Any cities further north and it’s colder in the winter with the possibility of snow. Any cities further south and it’s hotter and more humid in the summer, also more expensive to live in and cursed by constant tourists, and the criminals who congregate there to prey on them. There’s nothing of much aesthetic value between here and Jacksonville to the east, or Pensacola to the west. But we’re all on roughly the same latitude.
Honolulu, but there are only two seasons: wet and dry.
I’m thinking San Diego myself. Weather’s always a constant, and that constant is perfect.
San Diego, for sure. Lots of sunshine, not a lot of humidity, never gets too hot, never gets too cold.
I nominate Washington, DC, for the worst weather. Disgustingly hot and humid in the summer, cold in the winter. There’s about two months during spring when the weather’s perfect.
San Francisco or Seattle.
Boston
What can I say, winters without snow depress me, and I can’t really deal with more than a couple of months over 70-75 (but there has to be a few really hot weeks so there’s beach time!)
Thus, New England seasons all the way.
Boston, what? I actually don’t mind the climate here, but I hate humidity.
I think anywhere on the the coast of Califonia would make me happy.
I’m from Miami (I hate the constant humidity and lack of seasons), and I’d have to vote for San Diego. Year-round perfection.
Question about San Diego: I see that they only have rain in winter. What is that rain like? Is it predictable, mostly in the afternoon, monsoonlike when it comes, etc.?
San Francisco. Yes, I like rain. No, I don’t like snow.
Or London. Or actually any other city in mid to southern England. Not totally idea as it still gets humid, but English weather is so entertaining. The cliche about New England weather (which I’ve never noticed to be true) that if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute is actually true there.
I live in England. I happen to like mild summers (<30c) and mild winters (>1c, though I could stand a decent snow once or twice a year). Where in the US would suit me?
That’s pretty much like most of southern California. It’s just a normal rain. Usually for the entire day, sometimes two or three. Certainly not hurricane level or anything.
If you’re headed in that direction, don’t go to El Paso. Las Cruces, New Mexico is only 35 miles away, and it’s a much nicer, more liveable city - think of a cross between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. It’s where I plan to go when I retire.
The climate in Cruces is ideal. Sure, it gets hot during the summer, but at night temperatures usually cool to the 70s. It doesn’t cost much to heat your house during the winter – daytime temps in the 50s and 60s, nighttime into the 30s – and the constant sun certainly helps. You don’t need refrigerated air to cool during the summer; an evaporative cooler works great; and they’re inexpensive to buy, power and maintain. Great for allergies, too.
The only shortcoming - there’s not much rainfall; maybe eight inches a year. The water table in some parts of the city is close to the surface, though, and you’ll see Eastern-style architecture and vegetation in those areas.
What we call “rain” is commonly referred to as “drizzle” anywhere else in the world. Most often that means an overcast sky and light scattered showers. A whole day of continuous downpour is cause for all the newscasters to freak out and issue driving safety alerts. The rainfall we had this winter was rather noteworthy; the last time I can remember ongoing, heavy rain lasting for weeks on end was in the early 90’s, and we had a lot of flooding back then too.
Zurich, Switzerland has the climate that seems to be bestowed upon England in fanciful literature. Endless summers, with weeks of blue skies and no rain. Then there are several isolated snowy periods in the winter, where you literally wake up many times to find ‘a white blanket thrown across the land’. A good choice for anyone who feels embittered by the LIES in English children’s stories.
Quito, or any other high altitude equatorial cities, would be a worth a look. Equatorial climate with reduced heat and humidity - genius! Still get the monsoons though, although at least the rain is strong enough to be entertaining and generally arrives at a predictable time. Probably best to pick a smaller city though, due to Quito’s pollution.