Does anybody live in their ideal climate? (average, full moon, temperature)

[deneb78]

I'm definitely not living in my ideal climate. As Wavehunter pointed out, Canadians have few options when it comes to warm climates aside from leaving the country. Vancouver is the warmest major city in Canada and it's still far too cold overall for my liking. I hope to one day move to a tropical or equatorial climate that has no seasons as far as temperatures are concerned, only changes in rainfall would be acceptable. Somewhere like Singapore sounds perfect

[dude1984]

I believe that I do live in my ideal climate. I really like the Humid Continental Climate. Every season is the way it is supposed to be. Winter is supposed to be cold and snowy. Summer is supposed to be warm and humid. Fall and spring, for the most part, are supposed to be nice with the transition period being crazy weather (November and March fluctuating between sub-freezing and temps in the 40s or 50s, and September and May having temps fluctuate between the 50s and the 80s).

[The_gateway]

Originally Posted by ben86

Just looking through the thread titles I see all about what people would do to change their climate, which place has the worst weather, how people wish it was 100 degrees instead of cold, etc...does anybody actually live in their ideal climate, or the place on Earth closest to it? If so, did you happen to have been born and raised there, or did you move there?

No, I live in what some people would call he** on earth, or Canada. I realized long ago that I wasn't meant to live this far north. I love my country as a nation, but absolutely hate the weather. Unfortunately, you guys have the upper hand when it comes to better weather options.
For us it requires a lot more work to cross an imaginary line, just to live in a warmer climate.
My goal is NM or somewhere in AZ.

[The_gateway]

Originally Posted by Canine*Castle

I have it better than you, CC. At least in my neck of the woods in Texas, I'm pleased with part of November until early April. I like the cold days, but most of them are warm. 40 degrees is warm enough for me. The rest of the year, it's miserable.

Wanna trade? You can take the Canadian climate, not for me.

[Candle]

My ideal climate doesn't exist...yet. If I could control my climate, then that would be ideal.

One day it would be -50F and clear and the next day would be 88F with a dew point around 70F.

[Dark Serge]

I love the climate in the Dallas area. Warm to hot springs with wild thunderstorms and them scattered "pop-up" afternoon storms I like so much; hot summers, often with scattered afternoon storms also; mild early autumns. Only problem is, it is too chilly in the winter for me.

I'm a heat lover. Heck, I keep my bedroom at at least 80 degrees year-round.

[dhdh]

I was born and raised in Nice, France where July is possibly my favorite month weather wise in any place in the world, with 20-30°C temps and a continuously cloudless pure blue sky (~350 to 400 hours of sun) with sunsets after 9pm, all of that in a striking topography between the mountains and the sea. Absolutely perfect. August is almost as good.

In short Nice has my ideal summer climate, but it then gets quite bad from October to April when temperatures fall under 20°C, rainfall increases and it gets darker.

Right now I live in Singapore where temperatures and humidity are ideal (yes I love humidity, I know it's hard to believe) as well as the time zone choice which allows for late sunsets year round (always after 7pm, which is rare in tropical locations).
I wish Singapore had much more sunshine though

[Trimac20]

Perth is often praised for it's weather, and I am grateful for it the fact it has no extremes of cold, and summer actually isn't that bad when you look at the stats (it is prone to occasional heatwaves).

My only complain is that I get bored of the climate at times. There's nothing really exciting about it: we nearly got a cyclone a few weeks ago, and I was disappointed we didn't even see any storms from it. I'd really like to see a super cell thunderstorm dump 200mm on Perth with spectacular lightning, but that sort of thing happens once every few years or so (the lightning, not the rain), and still not quite comparable to the Top End.

Australia is indeed blessed with some of the mildest climes in the world. I'd have to nominate Port Macquarie as one of the mildest warm temperate/sub-tropical coastal climates in the world.

[MrMarbles]

Yeah Australia's climate is hard to beat. Aside from a couple of subarctic areas (that shall remain unnamed ), most of the country has gorgeous climate.

[jellicoe13]

I live in Southern KY...lots I would change about the climate here! First, the summers would be cooler, shorter, and less sunny. Second, we would have some real fall color. Oh, and for winter, we would have snow.

The climate where I grew up would be my ideal climate. I grew up around Syracuse NY and enjoy the 4 distinct seasons. I love the snow, the fall colors, the summers with reasonable temperatures (not into the 95+ degree range for several months), and the gradual warm up of springtime. I also am one of those strange people who really dislike the sun, and absolutely love cloudy places like Syracuse,NY. Heck, if all my family didn't live out east, I would move to some place even cloudier. Seattle,WA or some of the areas in Oregon also look good since they are humid and cloudy and have mountains nearby. I'll also take Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Erie, or Cleveland since they offer a similar climate to Syracuse.