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For example, I know Seattle and London have similar climates. What other cities in Europe have comparable climates to different cities in the US? I'm guessing the Scandanavian countries have similar climates to Alaska. What about cities like Paris, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, etc?
Moscow and Chicago have a pretty similar climate, although Moscow is slightly cooler so I'd say it's probably more like Minneapolis.
LA is definitely similar to areas along the Mediterranean like Spain and Italy.
The Black Sea has a climate like that of the Coastal Mid Atlantic.
In general, Western and Southern European climates are only really similar to climates on the West Coast of the U.S. Western European cities like Paris, London, Copenhagen, and Berlin are much like Seattle, for example, while LA is much like many cities in the Mediterranean. Denver and Madrid supposedly have very similar climates as well.
Very little of Europe has subtropical humid climates like the U.S. Southeast does. Technically there are some European cities considered subtropical, like Toulouse and Milan. But the hottest humid parts of Europe tend to only get up to the low 80s in July/August, and rarely have subzero days, meaning the climate is not comparable.
The typical climate of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest - with hot summers and cold winters - is really only found in eastern Europe, far away from the moderation of the Gulf Stream. So Chicago would be similar to say Bucharest, Romania, or Boston to Prague - although once again, Boston summers tend to be warmer than anywhere in Europe with similarly cold winters.
Really eastern U.S. climates are much more comparable to the climate of East Asia than Europe. Beijing has a climate much more like the Eastern U.S. than anything you'd find in Europe, for example. It has to do with how ocean currents transfer heat into the atmosphere. At in the northern hemisphere, areas on the western shores of continents (meaning Europe and the Western U.S.) tend to have similar climates, while those on the eastern shores (Asia and the Eastern U.S.) have a different set of much less seasonable climates.
The typical climate of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest - with hot summers and cold winters - is really only found in eastern Europe, far away from the moderation of the Gulf Stream. So Chicago would be similar to say Bucharest, Romania, or Boston to Prague - although once again, Boston summers tend to be warmer than anywhere in Europe with similarly cold winters.
The coastal Northeast is somewhat milder than inland. There a few spots in northern Italy away from the coast and southeast Europe similar.
In general, Western and Southern European climates are only really similar to climates on the West Coast of the U.S. Western European cities like Paris, London, Copenhagen, and Berlin are much like Seattle, for example, while LA is much like many cities in the Mediterranean. Denver and Madrid supposedly have very similar climates as well.
Very little of Europe has subtropical humid climates like the U.S. Southeast does. Technically there are some European cities considered subtropical, like Toulouse and Milan. But the hottest humid parts of Europe tend to only get up to the low 80s in July/August, and rarely have subzero days, meaning the climate is not comparable.
The typical climate of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest - with hot summers and cold winters - is really only found in eastern Europe, far away from the moderation of the Gulf Stream. So Chicago would be similar to say Bucharest, Romania, or Boston to Prague - although once again, Boston summers tend to be warmer than anywhere in Europe with similarly cold winters.
Really eastern U.S. climates are much more comparable to the climate of East Asia than Europe. Beijing has a climate much more like the Eastern U.S. than anything you'd find in Europe, for example. It has to do with how ocean currents transfer heat into the atmosphere. At in the northern hemisphere, areas on the western shores of continents (meaning Europe and the Western U.S.) tend to have similar climates, while those on the eastern shores (Asia and the Eastern U.S.) have a different set of much less seasonable climates.
Just a nitpick, but not to take away from your point regarding Europe's predominantly moderate climate regime relative to most of the US:
Denver and Madrid do not have remotely similar climates. Madrid receives little snowfall and winter minimum temperatures average in the mid 30s, versus the teens in Denver. Subzero weather never happens in Madrid, but occurs a few times in most winters in Denver. Madrid receives most precipitation in the winter months, whereas Denver tends to be wetter in the spring and fall - and blizzards can occur between October and May. Sacramento is probably the major US city with the most similar climate to Madrid.
It looks like the temperature patterns in Seattle and London are somewhat similar, but Seattle tends to have higher cool season precipitation and drier, sunnier summers. Portland and Paris (being a little warmer than the nearby counterparts to their north) similarly part ways when it comes to how cloudiness and precipitation vary throughout the year, even though temperatures are fairly aligned.
London = Seattle
Paris = Portland
Moscow = Milwaukee Berlin = Boston
Madrid = San Jose
Oslo = Juneau
It snows and rains much more in Boston than it does it Berlin.
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