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Yerevan's a great climate. Cold, snowy but short winters and hot, dry, sunny summers.
Sochi is far too wet, Novorossiysk is much better even if its winters look a bit British. Krasnodar surely gets more than 11cm of snow a year, given those winter temps and precipitation.
Vladikavkaz is strange, I wouldn't expect to find Chinese-type climates round there. Why is there such a difference in rainfall between Baku and Astara though?
I'm no climate expert but the whole southern coast of the Caspian is a rainforest, and there is also a mountain range along side the coast, so I'm assuming the prevailing winds in that area blow from the north, pushing all the moisture the Caspian generates againts those mountains. Similar to the eastern the eastern coast of the Black Sea. But I don't know for sure.
Sochi is far too wet, Novorossiysk is much better even if its winters look a bit British.
I didn't notice this cities climate since it's right next to novorossiysk, but it is significantly drier and but temperatures are baisicly the same. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelendzhik And then there is also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuapse which is geographically and climatically in between novorossiysk and Sochi.
Batumi just wins out over Sochi for me. I'll take the winter warmth.
Hard to believe that there are places in that part of the world, with warmer winters than here (minimums only, maximums are warmer here) and warmer record lows. Their winters are pretty wet and cloudy though.
It's not too surprising, it's at the same latitude as Italy and Northern California. And it's at 41st parallel just as Nelson, NZ
I think it is surprising. Despite the sea temperature here being 4C warmer during midwinter, and being completely surrounded by ocean., they still manage warmer average winter minimums.
Despite the Black Sea, I think they're still landlocked. The continental landmass has very little effect.
I think it is surprising. Despite the sea temperature here being 4C warmer during midwinter, and being completely surrounded by ocean., they still manage warmer average winter minimums.
Despite the Black Sea, I think they're still landlocked. The continental landmass has very little effect.
Maybe it has to do with it being cloudier? Clouds hold in heat better than clear sky's, especially at night.
Maybe it has to do with it being cloudier? Clouds hold in heat better than clear sky's, especially at night.
That would explain the average minimums. But I would have thought there would still be incursions of cold air occasionally, giving lower record cold ... particularly in Batumi's case. That is a true subtropical climate.
That would explain the average minimums. But I would have thought there would still be incursions of cold air occasionally, giving lower record cold ... particularly in Batumi's case. That is a true subtropical climate.
The Caucasus mountains (tallest mountains in Europe) prevent cold arctic blasts for the majority of the time. But even than the record low for batumi is -5C/23F and Sochi is -13.4C/6.9F
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