Los Angeles vs. Miami. Overall Weather. (place, Atlanta, climates, beach)
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Two coastal cities: one in the southeast corner of the US the other in the southwest corner.
Miami can be described as a sub-tropical climate. Los Angeles as a Mediterranean climate.
Here's the avg. monthly highs and lows for both cities as well as the monthly rainfall (in inches):
LOS ANGELES:
H - L - Rain
Jan. 68 - 47 - 3.3
Feb. 70 - 50 - 3.7
March 70 - 52 - 3.1
April 73 - 54 - 0.8
May 75 - 58 - 0.3
June 78 - 61 - 0.06
July 84 - 65 - 0
Aug. 85 - 66 - 0
Sept. 83 - 65 - 0.32
Oct. 79 - 60 - 0.37
Nov. 73 - 53 - 1.32
Dec. 69 - 48 - 1.05
MIAMI:
H - L - Rain
Jan. 75 - 59 - 1.9
Feb. 77 - 61 - 2.0
March 79 - 64 - 2.4
April 82 - 67 - 3.1
May 85 - 72 - 5.9
June 88 - 74 - 9.2
July 90 - 76 - 6.1
Aug. 90 - 76 - 7.8
Sept. 88 - 75 - 8.9
Oct. 85 - 72 - 7.0
Nov. 80 - 67 - 3.0
Dec. 77 - 62 - 2.1
THOUGHTS:
1) Miami has great winters (warmer than Los Angeles);
2) Miami has UNPLEASANT HUMID summers.
3) LA has pleasant summers: low humidity and virtually no rain.
4) Miami has pleasantly warm ocean water.
5) LA has that cold current flowing down from Alaksa.
6) LA has GOOD surf. Miami beaches are a LAKE (kind of a snooze).
7) So. Calif. has many "micro-climates" so you can snow ski in the local mountains one day and surf the next.
WINNER:
-Depends, if you do NOT want to sweat all DAY and NIGHT Los Angeles is the place.
-If you want to jump in the ocean without a wetsuit then Miami might be your choice.
LA by far. Miami has a very hot and sticky climate. The only weather-related thing I would miss about Miami if I lived in LA would be the rain. When I lived in Madrid (semi-arid climate) that is the one thing I did not like - it rarely rained!
LA weather might be very nice but it is also very boring. I dont mind watching a thunderstorm pass in the afternoon or a night lightning show over the ocean at night. Summers are bad but they are bad just about any where in the US. Also LA air is very bad. Miami has very clean air. I also dont surf so who cares about the waves rather have the nice warm crystal clear water.
LA weather might be very nice but it is also very boring. I dont mind watching a thunderstorm pass in the afternoon or a night lightning show over the ocean at night. Summers are bad but they are bad just about any where in the US. Also LA air is very bad. Miami has very clean air. I also dont surf so who cares about the waves rather have the nice warm crystal clear water.
I Do here's why,Why would I go into warm water in summer when it's already Hot,You really don't feel cooled off,While in CA it's hot and dry so you actually like it b/c it cools you off b/c the water temps are cooler,But I Would love to go to the beach in winter in FL b/c it's a bit cooler and the water is warm.
There's nothing quite so nice as Miami during winter [except Hawaii]. Miami is much farther south than Los Angeles [LA is at the same latitude as Atlanta]. Miami is warmer than LA all year although summer day temps are about the same in both cities. Night temps are about 10 degrees cooler in LA every month of the year. But LA has fairly warm winters also [a little under 70F] & nights near 50F [there aren't too many US cities quite so warm].
Low humidity most of the year & very little rain make Los Angeles comfortable & an outdoor city. But the lack of rain also means having to water plants & we are going to be put on water restrictions this summer
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