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I posted elsewhere rating D.C. a C+, but that was perhaps overly influenced by the trio of summers 2010, 2011, and 2012. Very well-balanced four season clime with enough snow to keep it interesting but not enough to turn it into nuisance "freeze-thaw" cycles as seen in much of the lower Midwest. A B/B minus. While Melbourne's summers are on the whole more comfortable, the CBD and coast barely able to manage a freeze most years along with a fatter right tail (capable of 45C+ wth?!) in summer keep it at a B minus. I rate most other oceanic climes with at least 40% possible sun a solid B.
Easily Melbourne. I worked the better part of a year in D.C. and it gets cold in the winter and then very humid in the summer...just a really crappy uncomfortable climate.
If I'm reading the info right on Wiki, it says the two warmest months in Melbourne never get past 25 C (78 F). I think I would miss the feel of real summer.
If you could mix the summers of Washington and the winters of Melbourne that would really be nice!
Melbourne also has summer days that get hotter than anything you could ever hope to get in Washington DC though. The average high in summer there is 27C, so comfortably warm.
Also to note is that Melbourne hits 40C every year.. really bipolar weather but they get vicious heatwaves.
Chicken Wings would not agree with me though!
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