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I'd choose equatorial anyday! Singapore is close to my ideal climate temperature-wise I live in a mid-latitude oceanic climate and it's way too cold for me
I'd choose Singapore over 85% of climates, the remaining 15% being sunny tropical wet-and-dry climates.
On the other hand, I would chose 85% of climates over high latitude, perpetually cool and gloomy oceanic climates, the remaining 15% being subarctic/polar/etc
I'll pick the equatorial one most likely, unless the "cool temperate" one was some highland tropical climate closer to room temperature year-round and even then, I'm not sure it'd be a definite easy choice over.
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Both climates tend to be on the wet side.
Well, chances are for the same amount of "wetness", the cool temperate one's going to be a drizzly, all-day sort of wet that makes the coolness worse and damp, while the tropical one's going to have quick showers that end soon with sun in between, so that's an additional factor that I'd definitely favour.
I'd choose equatorial anyday! Singapore is close to my ideal climate temperature-wise I live in a mid-latitude oceanic climate and it's way too cold for me
What's your ideal temps by the way? I know you hate cold but not to what extent you enjoy heat
Well, chances are for the same amount of "wetness", the cool temperate one's going to be a drizzly, all-day sort of wet that makes the coolness worse and damp, while the tropical one's going to have quick showers that end soon with sun in between, so that's an additional factor that I'd definitely favour.
This is true. However there are interesting cases of high-rainfall tropical climates (Kuching, Malaysia) and cool-temperate climates that have heavy rains (and probably downpours) often (Forks, Washington).
a cool temperate climate is what the majority of the world's population prefers, and Europe was where the modern industrial world came about, not eurocentric here but that is the reality. Living in an equatorial climate means that you'll be paying thousands of dollars on the electric bill every month, who would want that. And I don't need to hear the rubbish tripe about how some people don't use A/C. I lived in Vietnam for 9 years and hong kong for 2 years so yeah, anyone on here who assumes that people in the tropics don't use a/c or complain constantly about the heat needs a reality check. If you travel to the poor localities in Southeast Asia, you often see people try cooling themselves with the hand fans.. One of the reason that accounts for the high immigration rate out of Southeast Asia, and central America to Europe and the US is the cooler weather .
a cool temperate climate is what the majority of the world's population prefers, and Europe was where the modern industrial world came about, not eurocentric here but that is the reality. Living in an equatorial climate means that you'll be paying thousands of dollars on the electric bill every month, who would want that. And I don't need to hear the rubbish tripe about how some people don't use A/C. I lived in Vietnam for 9 years and hong kong for 2 years so yeah, anyone on here who assumes that people in the tropics don't use a/c or complain constantly about the heat needs a reality check. If you travel to the poor localities in Southeast Asia, you often see people try cooling themselves with the hand fans.. One of the reason that accounts for the high immigration rate out of Southeast Asia, and central America to Europe and the US is the cooler weather .
Can we please avoid debating about this for the 9th time?
Yes, most of the world's most developed nations are those with cool temperate climate.
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a cool temperate climate is what the majority of the world's population prefers, and Europe was where the modern industrial world came about, not eurocentric here but that is the reality. Living in an equatorial climate means that you'll be paying thousands of dollars on the electric bill every month, who would want that. And I don't need to hear the rubbish tripe about how some people don't use A/C. I lived in Vietnam for 9 years and hong kong for 2 years so yeah, anyone on here who assumes that people in the tropics don't use a/c or complain constantly about the heat needs a reality check. If you travel to the poor localities in Southeast Asia, you often see people try cooling themselves with the hand fans.. One of the reason that accounts for the high immigration rate out of Southeast Asia, and central America to Europe and the US is the cooler weather .
Keeping in mind I'm talking about particularly cool examples of cool temperate climates, where the average summer is more 'mild' than even 'warm' and often almost wintry feeling.
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I live in a mid-latitude oceanic climate and it's way too cold for me 
