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Japan. Japan actually has some really nice temperature ranges, almost Mediterannean to the south of Tokyo. Sadly the lack of sunshine and the crazy rainfall holds it back from being as good as Italy or Argentina
Texas climates are pretty rough, way too hot in the summer
Anyways, as much as I like Texas, I think I have to give this one to Japan. The country has real wet, monsoonal humid subtropical climates, with very comfortable summers, turning into straight out rainforests on some of the outer island territories; it makes Texas (and Southeastern US as a whole, for that matter), look rain-starved in comparison. They also have quite mild winters, in the sense that they don't get too severely cold in winter. Nothing like Yakushima in Texas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakushima#Climate
In contrast, only the far eastern parts of Texas close to the Gulf have the appreciably wet humid subtropical climates with relatively mild winters; these parts constitute Southeast Texas, and include places like Beaumont, Port Arthur, Houston, and Liberty. The South Texas coastal areas (south of the Houston Metro) have decent mild to warm winters for tropical vegetation (especially at South Padre Island), but are otherwise too dry. The rest of the state is just too dry, or just too continental for my liking.
Um, there isn't any part of Texas that is classified as continental, with the continental climate, according to Koppen, being placed far above anything in Texas, in Kansas, in fact.
There are semi-arid climates that are somewhat continental in nature, but for you to say that Texas is "too continental" when 1) Japan actually has a substantial amount of territory labeled under humid continental, Texas doesn't and 2) because some far southern, out of the way, tiny islands are tropical, is ridiculous.
Japan has some really nice climates, Texas isn’t that bad but the heat is pretty extreme for around 3 months in most of it. Japan has some of my favorite climates like in Fujiyoshida with moderately cold winters and warm summers. Amarillo and some other nearby towns in the northern panhandle of Texas have better climates than most of Japan but as a whole Japan wins. Southernmost Texas also has some of the worst climates in the world with extremely hot and humid 5 month summers like Laredo and Mcallen.
I'll vote for Japan mainly because of Okinawa and smaller islands to its south. Texas doesn't have anything comparable
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Originally Posted by cevven
Facts.
Texas is a prime example of how North America's geography screws up an otherwise great latitudinal location. This applies not only for the record lows, but actually also for the heat/dryness in many areas of the state as well. Case in point, South Padre Island near the Tropic of Cancer has a record low of 17F! Whereas you don't even need to be near Okinawa to get milder extremes, like this city at 34N near Tokyo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizuoka_(city)#Climate
Japan has a far wider array of climates, at least those that are interesting. Tropical, Temperate, Continental and even Polar climates are all found within the country.
Texas has Mediterranean and Desert type climates, which are pleasant, but dull in terms of variety vs Japan.
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