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The answer is easy, Singapore is at the Equator so it is a steam bath, San Diego on the other hand has perpetual spring, one of the best climates on the Planet...no comparison possible!
Yes, Kaul is fond of pitting a very hot climate up against a much cooler (but still comfortable) one in an effort to 'prove' that a majority of people have a preference for cooler conditions.
For me, it makes it easier to get out of bed, which is a plus.
My troubling with hot nights is falling asleep not the morning. Also, usually by morning it's cooled down so the heat isn't noticeable. One common nuisance I have during hotter periods of the summer is finding it too hot to sleep at night and then too cold in the morning (since it was so hot I slept with no covers and had the fan blasting on me). Often it would be wake up briefly in the middle of the night and put a sheet on or turn down the fan.
Yes, Kaul is fond of pitting a very hot climate up against a much cooler (but still comfortable) one in an effort to 'prove' that a majority of people have a preference for cooler conditions.
Well it'd be no fun comparing Singapore to Kuala Lumpur would it? I actually think the comparison is fair, two climates that are warm year round, but one is very wet while the other one is semi-arid. One is very sunny and the other is 'very' cloudy. One has very low humidity and the other one has very high humidity. And really, it does prove most people at least prefer warm weather as opposed to hot weather..
Yes, Kaul is fond of pitting a very hot climate up against a much cooler (but still comfortable) one in an effort to 'prove' that a
majority of people have a preference for cooler conditions.
I'd reluctantly choose San Diego over Singapore, but both are VERY boring and lack the variety of weather the Northeast and Mid Atlantic have which I like a lot.
If the A/C isn't turned on, I definitely feel a dampness in the house during the summer. It's bad enough here with just moderate humidity. Couldn't imagine living in a place with Singapore's humidity without A/C.
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I think I may have to go with San Diego here. I'm a heat lover but I hate when it's hot and cloudy, it feels like being in an old sweaty sock, I imagine Singapore having a lot of days like this. I love Singapore's temperatures but it's entirely too monotonous for me.
As for San Diego, 75 F doesn't feel warm at all in the summertime to me, that'd be a low temperature here, I'd have to live a little inland where it gets hotter. But the sunshine and atmosphere makes it the winner over Singapore for me, I would love to live in San Diego.
In NYC? While there are a handful of 75 F and even 80 F lows during the summer, the average is more upper 60s to around 70 F.
I think I may have to go with San Diego here. I'm a heat lover but I hate when it's hot and cloudy, it feels like being in an old sweaty sock, I imagine Singapore having a lot of days like this. I love Singapore's temperatures but it's entirely too monotonous for me.
As for San Diego, 75 F doesn't feel warm at all in the summertime to me, that'd be a low temperature here, I'd have to live a little inland where it gets hotter. But the sunshine and atmosphere makes it the winner over Singapore for me, I would love to live in San Diego.
From what others have said on the forum who have lived in/visited Singapore, it seems that in Singapore it's very rare to have either a completely overcast day or a completely sunny day with a clear blue sky.. it seems to be an alternating mix of sun and cloud day throughout the day most days with some parts of the day having more cloud than sun and vice versa.
I've lived in Singapore, and it gets little to no variability in terms of climate. San Diego on the other hand is more variable. Singapore also doesn't get as much sunshine as I would like in the year. Neither is as cold as I would like in winter (nor is San Diego as hot as I'd like in summer), but I'd give the slim edge to San Diego here, because of the higher variance in climate throughout the seasons and year.
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