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Everyone voting for Dallol doesn't realize just how hot it is. There's no way you could have an enjoyable life there no matter how heat-tolerant you are. One day with a high of 115F? Ok. 100 of them in a row? Sure no problem!
Actually yes, I've experienced 37C/28C days that were extremely humid pretty regularly when I was in SE Asia and whilst it isn't comfortable, it's far better than the sunless, cool and gloomy dark hell hole that is Torshavn.
Some of us just prefer heat and detest subarctic hellholes, I am one of those people
To help put Dallol into perspective, the hottest day I ever rode in an Accord had a high of 97 F / 36 C. That was an unseasonably warm July 21 (2016). That same 97 is Dallol's average high... in its coldest months (January and February).
The reason I hate Dallol's climate far, far beyond Torshavn's is the lack of freedom. You just can't spend any prolonged period outside in Dallol outside the "winter" months. Even if you're a hot weather person, May-September in Dallol is going to be very trying.
Let's look at Torshavn. The coldest low on an Accord day? 2 F / -17 C. Torshavn's average highs range from 42-56 F / 6-13 C, and the lows are about 7 F / 4 C cooler on average. So you're looking at a temperature range that while boring definitely allows for outdoor activity year round.
Dallol, given that it's just Middle East hotspot stuff all year round, subject to building modern facilities. Just realized that Campbell Is is only 0.3C warmer than Torshavn (annual mean), has the same rainfall average, slightly more 1.0mm+ raindays and 200 hrs/year less sun!
To be honest though, the main difference between Dallol and a city on the Persian Gulf is at least the cities on the Gulf have a relatively cool season with more tolerable weather. Dubai averages 24/14 in January, Kuwait averages something like 17/8 in January, meanwhile Dallol has an average high of 36 C () in it's "coldest month". The hottest month of the year is about equal in both Kuwait and Dallol, but extreme heat lasts a lot shorter in Kuwait. The extreme heat and dryness would ensure that pretty much nothing can grow. Perhaps it could exist if there were lots of greenhouses in the fictional city.
Yeah the winters are bloody hot to say the least so there is no relief. There would need to be cheap electricity supply and desalination plants along the Red Sea coast that would irrigate the area so there can be some greenery. The data is only for 6 years, so who knows, a proper long-term dataset could be cooler (then again possibly hotter!)
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Actually yes, I've experienced 37C/28C days that were extremely humid pretty regularly when I was in SE Asia and whilst it isn't comfortable, it's far better than the sunless, cool and gloomy dark hell hole that is Torshavn.
Some of us just prefer heat and detest subarctic hellholes, I am one of those people
The main problem with Torshavn IMO is actually the sunshine moreso than the temps. The chronic lack of sunshine, abundance of strong wind and insane amount of skin penetrating rain/drizzle days would make the year round cold feel even colder. If that's not bad enough, the endless lead skies are amplified by the darkness of a high latitude winter. If it had say 2500 hrs of sun a year, this poll could look very different.
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Dallol, given that it's just Middle East hotspot stuff all year round, subject to building modern facilities. Just realized that Campbell Is is only 0.3C warmer than Torshavn (annual mean), has the same rainfall average, slightly more 1.0mm+ raindays and 200 hrs/year less sun!
290 rain days >1mm and 647hrs of sun, christ almighty! There must be are around 340-350 days with rain >0.2mm then. This is a worse climate than Torshavn!
Yeah the winters are bloody hot to say the least so there is no relief. There would need to be cheap electricity supply and desalination plants along the Red Sea coast that would irrigate the area so there can be some greenery. The data is only for 6 years, so who knows, a proper long-term dataset could be cooler (then again possibly hotter!)
The main problem with Torshavn IMO is actually the sunshine moreso than the temps. The chronic lack of sunshine, abundance of strong wind and insane amount of skin penetrating rain/drizzle days would make the year round cold feel even colder. If that's not bad enough, the endless lead skies are amplified by the darkness of a high latitude winter. If it had say 2500 hrs of sun a year, this poll could look very different.
290 rain days >1mm and 647hrs of sun, christ almighty! There must be are around 340-350 days with rain >0.2mm then. This is a worse climate than Torshavn!
Close - I think Campbell's 0.2mm+ count is around 330. Of course at some sites further south e.g. South Orkney the misery factor goes up further ...
If Torshavn was arid or semi arid but with everything else the same, I would have voted for it. The temps and clouds are terrible, but it was the rain that clinched it for me. Clouds I can tolerate, same with cool temps year round. The amount of rainfall I can't though. High 30s C is far better than anything under 15C and rain. I have experienced a dry 45C for a few days in a row, and it still beats anything under 15C and rain. They are both awful, but IMO cold rain is worse than extreme heat.
What are you on about now? Teignmouth's cloudiest month is sunnier than Torshavn's sunniest, by percentage.
Teignmouth December records 64/241 hrs.
Torshavn June records 125/559 hrs.
what i meant was .
take Teigmouth's 3 winter months and times by 4 , that is your total .
Obviously my comparison is very averaged out - Teignmouth won't get anything like laying snow or the cold snaps you would get in a typical Torshavn year and Teignmouth wouldn't get any 15c sunny days in winter .
And very obviously, Torshavn would have more daylight de facto
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) in it's "coldest month". The hottest month of the year is about equal in both Kuwait and Dallol, but extreme heat lasts a lot shorter in Kuwait. The extreme heat and dryness would ensure that pretty much nothing can grow. Perhaps it could exist if there were lots of greenhouses in the fictional city. 
