If you had to live in a southern hemisphere city based on climate, which one would you choose? (snowfall, day)
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This thread is obviously targeted at those who live in the northern hemisphere but of course southern hemisphere residents can weigh in too if they would like to change locations in the southern hemisphere. For this purpose, my definition of city is anywhere with more than 100,000 inhabitants.
For me, I choose Natal, Brazil
Bariloche. Ushuaia has better winters, but it's too cool in summer and too cloudy as well. I, however, anyway don't want to live in Southern Hemisphere because New Year (in my country it's more important holiday than Christmas) for me is associated with snow.
Bariloche. Ushuaia has better winters, but it's too cool in summer and too cloudy as well. I, however, anyway don't want to live in Southern Hemisphere because New Year (in my country it's more important holiday than Christmas) for me is associated with snow.
I'm sure you could get snow all year round on the mountains near Bariloche.
I'm a Southern Hemisphere resident, but if I had to choose, I'd choose the same as fznamznon. Bariloche for me. It's almost perfect. Could be a little colder in the winter but it's still fine. Summer is great in general (although there is the occasional heatwave but dry and short). The best about summer in Bariloche is the lows are very cool, but highs are high enough to do a variety of outdoor activities which could be a bit more uncomfortable in Ushuaia.
In fact, I just came back from Bariloche and am seriously considering the possibility of moving there.
I'm sure you could get snow all year round on the mountains near Bariloche.
Yeah, one thing I noticed in my recent trip is precisely that. Since I'm not used to living among mountains (in fact, I live in a huge flat plain 800 km (500 mi) wide), I always forget that even if it's raining (and not snowing) in downtown Bariloche, I just have to go up some blocks away from the lake to see the snow. That's what happened in during my trip. I snowed a little in the city centre and didn't stick or accumulated and I was "Damn, I want full snow here". In fact it rained more that it snowed. But it never occurred to me that I had just to walk up three blocks to find that it was actually snowing and the snow was stuck to the ground and it accumulated. That I found out when I did a day trip to a nearby town and the bus started going up some blocks away from the lake. I was shocked to see big patches of snow at the side of the streets and of course in the mountains and the woods at the distance. Unfortunately I couldn't see the snowfall because that day was sunny and crisp, but the snow remained there for another day before melting. And that was just some meters higher than the city centre. There was much more snow at higher altitudes in the neighborhoods in the woods. In fact, I was for the first time in a big snowstorm at the base of the ski resort.
Yeah, one thing I noticed in my recent trip is precisely that. Since I'm not used to living among mountains (in fact, I live in a huge flat plain 800 km (500 mi) wide), I always forget that even if it's raining (and not snowing) in downtown Bariloche, I just have to go up some blocks away from the lake to see the snow. That's what happened in during my trip. I snowed a little in the city centre and didn't stick or accumulated and I was "Damn, I want full snow here". In fact it rained more that it snowed. But it never occurred to me that I had just to walk up three blocks to find that it was actually snowing and the snow was stuck to the ground and it accumulated. That I found out when I did a day trip to a nearby town and the bus started going up some blocks away from the lake. I was shocked to see big patches of snow at the side of the streets and of course in the mountains and the woods at the distance. Unfortunately I couldn't see the snowfall because that day was sunny and crisp, but the snow remained there for another day before melting. And that was just some meters higher than the city centre. There was much more snow at higher altitudes in the neighborhoods in the woods. In fact, I was for the first time in a big snowstorm at the base of the ski resort.
It's always like that. I live at 50m and the hill behind me goes to 400m. Often it will be raining at my house and up at 400m it will be snowing like hell with 2 foot of snow. Usually the snow-line is only a bit above my house. It is quite fascinating.
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