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Very similar, actually:
However, Brisbane has about 250 more sunshine hours and is slightly colder during winter. Durban is also a little more humid.
How about annual precip, SST's and landscape/topography?
Durban's seas might be warmer because of higher avg humidity.
When I saw the average temps, it looked very similar to Brisbane.
As far as sunniness,
I think I would prefer the city with most sun in their cloudiest month,
rather than the highest annual sunshine totals.
Brisbane's somewhere under 7 hours daily avg sun in their cloudiest month.
How about annual precip, SST's and landscape/topography?
Durban's seas might be warmer because of higher avg humidity.
When I saw the average temps, it looked very similar to Brisbane.
As far as sunniness,
I think I would prefer the city with most sun in their cloudiest month,
rather than the highest annual sunshine totals.
Brisbane's somewhere under 7 hours daily avg sun in their cloudiest month.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I see how similar the two climates are. They're almost identical in many respects.
I guess one significant difference is that Durban has a much steeper gradient going inland. Some inland suburbs are over 500 m AMSL. This means you get greater climactic variety (I assume).
SSTs are pretty much the same, 21 - 27 for Brisbane and 22 - 26 for Durban. Annual rainfall for both cities averages around 1000 mm.
Durban has about 6 sunshine hours in its cloudiest months, so Brisbane beats it in that department, but not by a huge margin.
Durban winters are significantly dryer; Brisbane has 70% more June - August rainfall and more than double the number of rain days during this period.
I'd probably rather live in Brisbane due to Durban's high crime rate. But I prefer Durban's climate because of the dryer, warmer winters. Everytime I've been in Brisbane during the winter it's been marginally under my "shorts and t-shirt" threshold whereas Durban is probably just over it.
But overall you're right, there's not a lot of difference.
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