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I'm comparing it with North America; southern U.S. and central America.
(Oz has a noticeable difference for the averages, though the altitude explains some of the difference)
There's no comparison with Europe however,
go south of the 40th parallel in Europe and at low altitudes
you're "gauranteed" winters over 10 C, spring and fall over 20 C and summer over 30 C.
When you get as far south as southern Spain or Greece,
expect winter temps at 15+ C, and summer temps at 35+ C.
(and that's what, less than 35 degrees north?)
Then cross the Mediterranean to northern Africa,
expect winter highs around 20+ C, and summers around 40+ C.
(this is about 30 degrees north)
don't know mate, Athens has a January average of around 11C if I'm not mistaken, and most of northern coast of Africa about 29-33C average high in july and only around 15-17C in winter....with the occasional heat burst...somewhat like Melb...
That being said, I'd take Athens' average July high of 32C anytime over Melbourne's pathetic 26C
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The only way I'd be insulted by Antofagasta's "temperatures vs. latitude"
would be if I was getting sunburnt too often on days that I was "not warm."
*Occaisionally that has happened in southern Ontario for me,
but that could have been avoided with proper (and timely) use of sunscreen.
At 23º latitude, I'd expect something much warmer, not with Perth winters (at 32 deg latitude) and Melbourne summers!!! Most climates in coastal Aus at that latiude record about 22-26C average at night in summer and 31-34C during the day.
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For me, you can't beat those tropical semi-alpine climates.
I'm thinking places like Nairobi, Kenya, Bogota, Colombia, San Jose, Costa Rica. All in the 1500-2500 m range, with temps rarely deviating from 12-28C anytime of year, a nice mix of rain and sun (Nairobi is on the sunny side, would be my pick of the bunch).
After that, it's hard to beat coastal California, coastal New South Wales and Pacific islands like Norfolk Island. Oh the Canary Islands and Azores too.
I find anything up to 40C pleasant, infact I like it how it dries my sweat, so even higher temps are welcome. At 45C, things start to turn strange....there is a smell of bbq in the air and everything you touch burns you! Melbourne recorded 3 days above 45C this last summer.... it was a strange and unique experience. There was that odd hot bbq smell in the air and metal objects were extremely hot to touch.
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There is something nice almost about the 'furnace' feeling; but only for about 5 minutes. After that it becomes hellish to me, but still preferable to extreme cold. The hottest I've ever experienced is probably about 44C: I doubt we've ever gone three days straight of 45C and above.
I've spent perhaps a total of 2 hours outside during those 45C days, it's something I've never felt before, and as such was a unique otherworldy experiece....and also because... who knows, Melbourne may never see such heat in my lifetime again....after all it was the first time the city exeeded 45C in 70 years!
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I've spent perhaps a total of 2 hours outside during those 45C days, it's something I've never felt before, and as such was a unique otherworldy experiece....and also because... who knows, Melbourne may never see such heat in my lifetime again....after all it was the first time the city exeeded 45C in 70 years!
Oh I bet! The few furnace-like days really stick in your memory, for some reason. On such days walking on grass feels like walking on the pavement.
probably because its a record breaking event which never occured in almost anyone's life who is alive today!
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