Climate Battle: Miami vs Rio de Janeiro (temperature, precipitation, cities)

[MrMarbles]

I think I'll go with Rio for the following reasons:
- Sun isn't as important when it's very warm. If you have to seek shade to stay cool/comfortable, it is more of a nuisance.
- I have fair skin. At that latitude, I have to worry about sunburn. Thus cloudiness is a plus.
- Rio is drier. And no hurricanes.

Miami has more variation going for it. In Miami, for a couple of nights a year during cold snaps, one can even pretend that they live in a place that has seasons. Rio is very boring in comparison.

[Ttad]

I've been wondering about Rio de Janeiro, because of the different data that's out there. There's the mild set, like what Wikipedia has now, but also some other ones with higher highs and different precipitation.

Even when I watch world news programs on the same day, they will have different temps for Rio de Janeiro. Is this because of different stations collecting different data?

[ricardobrazil]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Miami's average high in July is 31.7C, Rio's January high is a strange low 29C, so Miami is clearly warmer in terms of highs as well.

This is low/high temperatures and rainfall in Rio de Janeiro last february:
(Official data provided by National meteorology Institute)

Celsius degrees
02-1 22º/35,2º
02-2 19,4º/35,3º 6,8mm
02-3 21º/34º
02-4 21º/38º
02-5 20º/39,6º
02-6 21,9º/40,7º(105,2F)
02-7 22º/36º
02-8 21º/38,8º
02-9 22º/40,3º(104,5F)
2-10 23,3º/40,1º(104,1F)
2-11 22º/33º
2-12 22º/39º
2-13 21º/40,9º(105,6F)
2-14 28,1º(82F)/38,9º(102F)
2-15 20º/34º
2-16 20º/36,7º
2-17 21º/37º
2-18 21º/35º
2-19 20º/35º
2-20 20º/35º
2-21 21º/39,2º
2-22 21º/37,2º
2-23 21º/33º 1,7mm
2-24 20º/33º
2-25 21º/34º
2-26 20º/34º
2-27 18,3º/34º
2-28 22º/32º

High Average: 36,4C(97F)
Low Average: 21,2C(69F)
Rainfall: 2 days 8,5mm(0.33inches)

I think it proves Wkipedia is wrong about. And also proves Rio is warmer than Miami in highs, unless you have something similar to show me.

Originally Posted by Ttad

Even when I watch world news programs on the same day, they will have different temps for Rio de Janeiro. Is this because of different stations collecting different data?

Official measure station is on Maua square, main downtown. I don't know from what station they got data out there, but depending on which one, temps could be higher( Bangu station, Vila Militar station) or cooler( Alto da Boa vista station, near Tijuca forest)

[Joe90]

Miami is just too sunny for me and it has hotter summers. I like it's winters better though.

I would choose Rio. Plus Rio gets extra points just because it is Rio.

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by ricardobrazil

This is low/high temperatures and rainfall in Rio de Janeiro last february:
(Official data provided by National meteorology Institute)

Celsius degrees
02-1 22º/35,2º
02-2 19,4º/35,3º 6,8mm
02-3 21º/34º
02-4 21º/38º
02-5 20º/39,6º
02-6 21,9º/40,7º(105,2F)
02-7 22º/36º
02-8 21º/38,8º
02-9 22º/40,3º(104,5F)
2-10 23,3º/40,1º(104,1F)
2-11 22º/33º
2-12 22º/39º
2-13 21º/40,9º(105,6F)
2-14 28,1º(82F)/38,9º(102F)
2-15 20º/34º
2-16 20º/36,7º
2-17 21º/37º
2-18 21º/35º
2-19 20º/35º
2-20 20º/35º
2-21 21º/39,2º
2-22 21º/37,2º
2-23 21º/33º 1,7mm
2-24 20º/33º
2-25 21º/34º
2-26 20º/34º
2-27 18,3º/34º
2-28 22º/32º

High Average: 36,4C(97F)
Low Average: 21,2C(69F)
Rainfall: 2 days 8,5mm(0.33inches)

I think it proves Wkipedia is wrong about. And also proves Rio is warmer than Miami in highs, unless you have something similar to show me.



Official measure station is on Maua square, main downtown. I don't know from what station they got data out there, but depending on which one, temps could be higher( Bangu station, Vila Militar station) or cooler( Alto da Boa vista station, near Tijuca forest)

That's one extreme year, that doesn't prove anything. Where is this station located?

Actually, I think the 29C on wikipedia seems off myself, as I recall seeing higher daytime highs for Rio than that. So you could be right, maybe this station is right on the beach or something.

[Ttad]

Originally Posted by ricardobrazil

I think it proves Wkipedia is wrong about. And also proves Rio is warmer than Miami in highs, unless you have something similar to show me.

It's not just Wikipedia though. BBC claims it to be even cooler.
BBC Weather Click MORE tab, average conditions

Originally Posted by ricardobrazil

Official measure station is on Maua square, main downtown. I don't know from what station they got data out there, but depending on which one, temps could be higher( Bangu station, Vila Militar station) or cooler( Alto da Boa vista station, near Tijuca forest)

I guess the variance comes from different stations then.

[jasper12]

Temp is one thing...heat index is another...and level of humidity. Without those figures, I can't make an accurate determination.

[Derek40]

There is nothing "mild" about either climate.
At a pinch, Rio, due to less humidity in summer.

[jasper12]

Rio is less humid than Miami? That surprises me, being so close to the rainforest. Then Rio is better.

Now, what size are the "palmetto bugs"?

[Stumbler.]

Originally Posted by canefandynasty

Miami. More flora and fauna, more tropical looking

Originally Posted by deneb78

Miami is more tropical looking than Rio? They're both tropical looking but I'd give the edge to Rio as Rio actually has a tropical rainforest within its city limits which Miami lacks (I know because I've actually been to that rainforest). Outside of Miami are the Everglades which is a giant swamp.

Technically, Miami is in the right climate zone for a tropical rain forest based on a Koppen classification -- I've been to neither of the cities here, but I wonder if it's the cold snaps happening which stops true tropical rainforests of the sort Rio has outside (with all the trappings of canopy trees forming dense canopies, vines etc.) occuring in Florida as the "native vegetation of the area", or perhaps is it just that the swampiness or nature of the terrain of the Everglades means that true dense forests of the tropical sort can't grow there anyways so a wetland is bound to form there instead?