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Only the 3-5 miles immediate to the coast experience this subtype of climate and you have to be rich to live anywhere with jobs on the coast in California. Go inland at all in California and yes, it's hot, often searing hot, for half the year and it almost never rains. At least places with humid hot summers get the relief of thunderstorms. The only relief from the relentless dry blazing California heat is the occasional cool summer night. Med climates in Europe also tend to have much hotter summers than California, with average lows of 70F, highs of 85-90F+ and often high humidity as well.
Downtown Los Angeles is about 16 miles inland from Santa Monica yet the average summer maximum temperature is a nice and not-too-hot 83-84 degrees. Most of the Los Angeles basin has warm but not hot average summer temps (Beverly Hills, Hollywood, West Los Angeles, Lakewood, Downey, etc.
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As for winter well personally I like a winter with a bit of snow. It's depressing for me to go a whole year, let alone decades without seeing a single snowflake.
Okay, you can have the snow. I prefer this (taken in Jan., 2008 and March, 2014):
Downtown Los Angeles is about 16 miles inland from Santa Monica yet the average summer maximum temperature is a nice and not-too-hot 83-84 degrees. Most of the Los Angeles basin has warm but not hot average summer temps (Beverly Hills, Hollywood, West Los Angeles, Lakewood, Downey, etc.
Okay, you can have the snow. I prefer this (taken in Jan., 2008 and March, 2014):
it depends the part of the basin youre at, West LA/Bev Hills is mid 80s in summer, Downtown hotter than west LA, gateway cities/east LA is hotter than Downtown (low 90s) etc.
it depends the part of the basin youre at, West LA/Bev Hills is mid 80s in summer, Downtown hotter than west LA, gateway cities/east LA is hotter than Downtown (low 90s) etc.
The point I was making is that it is not just along the immediate coast that has comfortable, mild summer temperatures.
I think that Mediterranean climates are overrated - most of them are too hot in summer for comfort, many coastal Mediterranean climates are humid in summer despite low precipitation, plus grass turns brown in summer. I dislike hot weather, is it dry or humid, I prefer to have regular rain in summer (not too frequent, to not spend my being outdoors) it feels so cool and fresh (not only here, but even in Rhodes, Greece which is quite humid despite the low precipitation, it also felt cool and fresh) and keeps grass green, I also prefer winters to be moderately cold (I don't like extreme cold, but I still can deal with it much better than with heat) and snowy.
I prefer the hot desert climates because of the heat, the dryness and the sunshine. The Mediterranean climates are also very good but I hate the humid climates.
A Dsa climate would suit me the best where I'll not be bored by the same temps all year and it will be dry in the summer, but my dream climates are boring and they are also relatively dry. Here are some examples.
I love humidity. It makes you feel alive. A humid spring evening at sea level is absolutely glorious. Just makes you want to grab a cigar and a glass of bourbon and sit on the porch.
That's my opinion as well...warm/hot humid sux. Cold humid chills to the bone.
I prefer the Mediterranean climate but I'll live with the arid.
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