CA's Mediterrean Climate Vs SubTropical Climate (live, best, better, places)

[Rhymes with Best Coast]

No contest.

Humid = sweaty, moldy, musty, and smelly. If like this, be my guest.

Give me California, 24/7/365! Sun without the sweat.

[RussianIvanov]

I prefer tropical. I would not like the rain every day, but I really enjoy storms sometimes where my place in Florida is, you can watch the ocean during the storm. And if the storm is not too dangerous I will take the boat out.

[coldwine]

Tropical climates, and their close cousins, are hellish. I don't think people really appreciate what it means for the sky to **** rain unceasingly.

California's climate is a bit drier than what one would find in the real Med. Winters especially are more dry, sunny and balmy.

[Trimac20]

Technically Mediterranean climates get over 500mm/20 inches a year on average, although I'd say Los Angeles is practically Mediterranean. It gets about 14 inches like Athens, Greece. Only when you reach Santa Barbara is winter rain substantial. SF averages just over 20 inches. Los Angeles enjoys cooler summers than most Mediterranean climes; Athens, for instance, is both dry but actually very humid in summer. It's summers are also about as hot as Austin, Texas.

Hawaii is clearly more pleasant than Florida, which gets uncomfortable heat and humidity for more than 6 months a year. I'd say on the mainland San Diego for temperature, although it would be nice to have those sort of temps with the more interesting weather of a humid sub-tropical climate.

[Hawaii4evr]

Tropical. Mediterranean is nice in fall and summer, when it is sunny and hot, but winters and springs are just too cool and foggy with rain and temps in the 50s and 60s. Hawaii is pleasant year-round.

[Hawaii4evr]

Originally Posted by grapico

Mediterranean...I'd rather be in Arizona/New Mexico than deal with humidity...really bugs me.

New Mexico and Arizona have arid/semi-arid climates, not Mediterranean. Arid climates are more extreme-very hot days, very cold nights. Mediterranean is much more mild. Jamaica and Caribbean are not subtropical, they ARE tropical.

[Hawaii4evr]

Here is the difference between Tropical and Semi-tropical for those arguing over it: Hawaii is tropical and South Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda are semi-tropical. Semi-tropical is generally humid and warm, but is dry during wintertime, and will get cool sometimes (it even snowed in South Florida twice, and once in the Bahamas). Tropical places are always humid and warm. In Hawaii and the mountainous islands in the Caribbean, like Hispaniola, the mountains are the only places where it gets cool or snowy. Sea-level it is always warm. Also, for whoever said that the southeast is subtropical, you were wrong. The southeast is humid subtropical, which is basically the same weather of NY or DC, but milder during the wintertime with less snow. Florida is the perfect example of a subtropical climate.

[YouJustHatetheTruth]

Originally Posted by californialove24

This one is for you GDK.Which Climate would you Prefer to live in Year Round.
Subtropical:Florida,Jamaica,Carribean Islands, ETC.Humid,Rains Everyday,Best Winters!!

Mediterranean Climate(Ca): Dry,Comfortable, and Pleasant Year Round.

Neither. I like seasons.

[PosterExtraordinaire]

Tropical > Mediterranean > Subtropical

Born and raised in LA (lived in SD as well), lived in Puerto Rico, Mississippi.

Tropical is the most consistently comfortable, whereas a lot of the nights in california get cold especially around winter time. The brief rain showers never bothered me, they provide a break from the humidity and the near constantness of the weather (always warm).

Subtropical is the worst out of the 3. First, there is a cold damp winter with the only good thing about it is that's short. It also tends to get hotter than the tropics during their high summer. I'm not sure why though it could have to do with puerto rico being an island but I'm not sure of that's the reason...

[MantaRay]

Mediterranean > Tropical > Subtropical. I've worn heavy coats in freezing weather during many winters. California's COOL (as opposed to cold/freezing) winter nights are just fine by me. Moderate days are even better, and I definitely prefer moderate to warm/humid or hot/muggy.