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The sunshine hours are definitely wrong. I don't have the exact numbers right here, but it's a much sunnier place, especially in winter and spring, during the dry season.
Just to clarify, are we talking possible sunshine hours or actual? Because I think the wiki stat factors in cloud cover as well, which would make sense as Salta receives more precipitation than San Diego. When you look at possible sunshine though the hours go way up:
Subtropical highlands climate sounds like the climate of Tuscany in Italy, or some mountain areas along the rugged coast (except the precipitation season is completely the reverse of the Mediterranean climate)
Also arguably this could describe the climate of Nantucket, Massachusetts quite well but with more rain in summer in place of heat waves.
Interesting comparison... to me it seems like Nantucket gets a bit too cold in the winter to fit that description but I can see why you would think that. I woud also maybe throw Asheville, NC out there due to its elevation but it sees more extremes in both summer and winter than Salta does. From what I understand snow in Salta is rather uncommon where in a place like Asheville it isn't quite as rare.
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Looks like San Diego and Salta get their temperature variations very similar and rainy seasons opposite. With the hemispheres being opposite each other, they get their wet and dry seasons in the same months, and opposite each other on wintertime vs summertime.
Just to clarify, are we talking possible sunshine hours or actual? Because I think the wiki stat factors in cloud cover as well, which would make sense as Salta receives more precipitation than San Diego. When you look at possible sunshine though the hours go way up:
Actual sunshine hours. Salta is far from being a gloomy place.
Seems based on the description that Salta gets quite a few t-storms during the summer, "seemingly incessant". It says the rest of the year "blue skies dominate the region". I imagine the heavy summer precip is what brings down the average. At any rate, I'd take the drop in sunshine hours if it means having a more verdant landscape. And I like the fact that winter is when it's the sunniest.
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