Climate Battle: Seattle, WA vs. Puerto Montt, Chile (warm, average, temperature) - Weather -Temperature, sun, sunlight, rain, hurricanes, tornadoes, climate, forecasts, humidity, heat, snow... - City-Data Forum

deneb78 · 10-08-2011, 12:36 PM

They have roughtly the same annual mean temperature. Which climate would you chose?

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I choose Puerto Montt for milder winters

theunbrainwashed · 10-08-2011, 01:01 PM

Puerto Montt because it's a bit more oceanic than Seattle

Weatherfan2 · 10-08-2011, 01:02 PM

To me Seattle wins for being dryer with warmer summers. The winters are a bit colder but nothing too bad and better than where I am now.

alex985 · 10-08-2011, 01:08 PM

Seattle seems to have a greater variety and more interesting weather. Seattle wins for me lol

nei · 10-08-2011, 01:28 PM

Seattle at least has (usually) decent summers. And Puerto Montt's winters look incredibly wet.

dunno what to put here · 10-08-2011, 01:31 PM

Seattle.. obviously

For most people I guess this is just a lesser of two evils.

ilovemycomputer90 · 10-08-2011, 01:53 PM

Puerto Montt since it's wetter, but I certainly wouldn't complain about Seattle's climate.

How cloudy is Puerto Montt?

deneb78 · 10-08-2011, 01:55 PM

Not sure the sunshine stats for Puerto Montt... but with that amount of rainfall and at 41 latitude, I don't imagine it's that high.

nei · 10-08-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by deneb78

Not sure the sunshine stats for Puerto Montt... but with that amount of rainfall and at 41 latitude, I don't imagine it's that high.

I'm imagining something similar to the northern Oregon Coast, perhaps a bit lower since there's no summer dry season.

Joe90 · 10-08-2011, 06:26 PM

I would choose Seattle, but I've experienced their winters and wasn't a fan of the grey skies. However,the summers are much nicer, and there are a lot fewer rain days annually

Puerto Montt is interesting, as is at the same latitude as here, and right on the coast. It's wetter and colder than here, in all months, and seems a bit wet for my liking. I don't think it is likely to be sunnier than Seattle, and not much if it is.

deneb78, you would seem to tolerate some rather cool summer conditions to avoid even mild frost conditions.