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C+. A little less sun would be good ,as it is a tropical climate. Some of the drier months could do with more rain. I'm surprised there are so many rain days considering the rainfall isn't that high, although I guess they tend to be brief downpours.
^^ San Juan is probably the cloudiest and rainiest climate I've visited in the Caribbean.
Are you comparing this with the South Pacific?
Cloudier, rainier climates might not exist in the Caribbean at sea level.
As a sun lover with little patience for rain,
San Juan is a happy balance in Caribbean winter.
It's definitely a lot greener than most of the Caribbean.
^^ San Juan is probably the cloudiest and rainiest climate I've visited in the Caribbean.
Are you comparing this with the South Pacific?
Cloudier, rainier climates might not exist in the Caribbean at sea level.
As a sun lover with little patience for rain,
San Juan is a happy balance in Caribbean winter.
It's definitely a lot greener than most of the Caribbean.
Cloudy? Seriously? According to Wikipedia it has 3000 sunshine hours... so I guess that makes it sunnier than Brisbane or Nice and almost as much as LA
Cloudy? Seriously? According to Wikipedia it has 3000 sunshine hours... so I guess that makes it sunnier than Brisbane or Nice and almost as much as LA
No, it's true. It's partly cloudy about 80% of the time in San Juan, and about 10% all cloudy with precipitation and 10% pure sun. The rain comes down in buckets during the rainy season, not lightly or drizzle
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C+. A little less sun would be good ,as it is a tropical climate. Some of the drier months could do with more rain. I'm surprised there are so many rain days considering the rainfall isn't that high, although I guess they tend to be brief downpours.
And you got it right. When it rains in Puerto Rico, it's a torrential rainfall that lasts no more than 10 minutes. Almost no such thing as even light rain
^^ San Juan is probably the cloudiest and rainiest climate I've visited in the Caribbean.
Are you comparing this with the South Pacific?
Cloudier, rainier climates might not exist in the Caribbean at sea level.
As a sun lover with little patience for rain,
San Juan is a happy balance in Caribbean winter.
It's definitely a lot greener than most of the Caribbean.
I like sunshine, but only to moderate levels- 2400-2800 hours. My whole working life has been spent outdoors, and I just don't enjoy prolonged sunny spells during hot weather anymore, all that glare and damaging sun. I would much prefer a sunny winter and cloudier summer, similar to Sydney. This month has been a shocker for sunshine, with only 46 hours so far, although a lot of the cloudy conditions have still felt bright. Perhaps that is what some UK forecasts refer to as white light?
The same with rain, I just find dry summers feel a bit depressing. I'm not a fan of prolonged wet spells either, but would take them over prolonged dry. I've lost income and seen a lot of work wasted from prolonged dry spells so that is a part of it as well.
San Juan looks like a great holiday climate though, and if it's greener, then that makes it even better.
I like sunshine, but only to moderate levels- 2400-2800 hours. My whole working life has been spent outdoors, and I just don't enjoy prolonged sunny spells during hot weather anymore, all that glare and damaging sun. I would much prefer a sunny winter and cloudier summer, similar to Sydney. This month has been a shocker for sunshine, with only 46 hours so far
You would find Buxton a bit dull then, there's been 30 hours of sun up to today, this month.
You would find Buxton a bit dull then, there's been 30 hours of sun up to today, this month.
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I like sunshine, but only to moderate levels- 2400-2800 hours. My whole working life has been spent outdoors, and I just don't enjoy prolonged sunny spells during hot weather anymore, all that glare and damaging sun. I would much prefer a sunny winter and cloudier summer, similar to Sydney. This month has been a shocker for sunshine, with only 46 hours so far, although a lot of the cloudy conditions have still felt bright. Perhaps that is what some UK forecasts refer to as white light?
The same with rain, I just find dry summers feel a bit depressing. I'm not a fan of prolonged wet spells either, but would take them over prolonged dry. I've lost income and seen a lot of work wasted from prolonged dry spells so that is a part of it as well.
San Juan looks like a great holiday climate though, and if it's greener, then that makes it even better.
It's very green on the island. We have a tropical rain forest in the northeast as well and most rainfall falls on the mountains that are covered in trees. You'd really love the interior as that's where most plants and foliage are, and the rainforest has more of the stereotypical tropical foliage.
If you look at the north coast, and see a small peninsula coming out and a bay as well, the peninsula is Old San Juan and where the Luis Muños MarÃn International Airport is. Gets about 50 inches of rain a year (about 127cm)
It's very green on the island. We have a tropical rain forest in the northeast as well and most rainfall falls on the mountains that are covered in trees. You'd really love the interior as that's where most plants and foliage are, and the rainforest has more of the stereotypical tropical foliage.}
If you look at the north coast, and see a small peninsula coming out and a bay as well, the peninsula is Old San Juan and where the Luis Muños MarÃn International Airport is. Gets about 50 inches of rain a year (about 127cm)
Thanks for the great pics. I would love to go there one day. Puerto Rico hasn't really been on my radar before, and it looks interesting.
It looks very similar to the hill country around here, and with similar rainfall totals, with the wettest areas in this region receiving about 200 inches/5000 mm. I'm guessing the totals wouldn't vary as much from year to year as here, as the rain would be convectional. Driest month here is 3.3 inches inches/80 mm, but that can vary from zero, to 3 times that amount.
San Juan must still brown off a bit during the drier months, 2 inches/50 mm in a summer month here, would see a moisture deficit and a browning off of grass.
Thanks for the great pics. I would love to go there one day. Puerto Rico hasn't really been on my radar before, and it looks interesting.
It looks very similar to the hill country around here, and with similar rainfall totals, with the wettest areas in this region receiving about 200 inches/5000 mm. I'm guessing the totals wouldn't vary as much from year to year as here, as the rain would be convectional. Driest month here is 3.3 inches inches/80 mm, but that can vary from zero, to 3 times that amount.
San Juan must still brown off a bit during the drier months, 2 inches/50 mm in a summer month here, would see a moisture deficit and a browning off of grass.
No, nothing browns out in Puerto Rico during the dry months (except the southern coast). It still rains during the "dry season" and precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year. It's just the frequency of it. Grass is still green in January which is the coldest month (a chilly 83°F/28°C). San Juan gets just over 3-4 inches of rain during the winter
I'm liking it! Definitely an A- minus climate, with great year-round temps ( milder than Miami's hotter months ), lots of tropical rain ( which I love ), but I can imagine all that sun might burn me crispy and not much season variation. I'd like either more pronounced wet season / dry season or a slight cool season in the year somewhere.
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which is the coldest month (a chilly 83°F/28°C). San Juan gets just over 3-4 inches of rain during the winter
