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SoCal has a Med climate , that put it in the same group with Perth and SouthWestern Australia , no SouthEast.
Sydney is too humid and rainy to get assimilated to SoCal.
I was only talking about temperatures and annual sunshine levels.
Perth may be equally sunny and dry as California,
but everywhere in Western Australia can hit 43+ C 110+ F, while coastal parts of San Diego almost-never see 32+ C/90+ F.
Nights cool quickly in Perth, with an average of 31/17 C, while San Diego averages 25/18 C.
I heard a colleague of mine who spent a lot of time in different places say that Sydney would be like San Francisco without the fog.. not sure how true that is.. but I'm inclined to believe it might be partially true... but perhaps as someone else said.. a wetter version of San Diego might be a better comparison
You're looking in the wrong countries. US searching is futile. Pretoria and interior SA places are far drier and sunnier than Sydney, though parts of the SA east coast might be much closer. A good search would start on the much longer east coast of South America. I could suggest places, but someone else can do the work.
You're looking in the wrong countries. US searching is futile. Pretoria and interior SA places are far drier and sunnier than Sydney, though parts of the SA east coast might be much closer. A good search would start on the much longer east coast of South America. I could suggest places, but someone else can do the work.
Has to be south of Porto Algre, Brazil.
Their winters are 19 C/67 F and summers 31 C/88 F; roughly Brisbane-like.
North of Buenos Aires, since it's actually a bit chillier than Adelaide, which is in turn chillier than Sydney.
Has to be south of Porto Algre, Brazil.
Their winters are 19 C/67 F and summers 31 C/88 F; roughly Brisbane-like.
North of Buenos Aires, since it's actually a bit chillier than Adelaide, which is in turn chillier than Sydney.
Rio Grande do Sul (the city in Rio Grande) is a pretty good temperature match for parts of Sydney a little less oceanic than Sydney's Obs. Hill:
I have noticed that as well. I have only been living in Sydney for just under 2 years (haved lived in both NZ and the UK prior to this), but have observed that "similar" weather patterns prevail for long periods of time at least compared to NZ and UK climates.
For example, we can have long stretches of sun and moderate temperatures, but equally long periods of overcast and wet weather. Cue mid May to early June (very cloudy) and immediately after that, blue skies for well over a week.
From what I have experienced so far, I think I prefer autumns and springs here as they tend to be proportionately sunnier and more settled.
If you look at climate classifications, I think they group Sydney with Cfa climates ( Hot Humid Subtropical)…while places like San Diego are grouped with Cs (Dry Subtropical). Places like San Diego get less than 15 inches of rainfall a year…have bone dry summers…and low humidty. Sydney gets like 45 inches of rainfall…has some rainfall in summer…and is nowhere near as sunny as San Diego much of the year. So Sydney is likley nothing like any city on the Pacific Coast of the USA.
The Humid Subtropical region on the lower East coast/Gulf coast...is the closet match in the USA. North Florida for the most part is warmer summer and winter than Sydney. Cities like Charleston, New Orleans, or Savannah have much warmer summers, but the average winter temps seem about the same as Sydney…as is yearly rainfall. The best match in the USA would be a place like Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Of course Myrtle Beach is much hotter and sunnier in summer than Sydney (and probably all year). Also, I don’t know about Sydney, but the Atlantic is really warm off Myrtle Beach (right now 29 C/85 F)…so Sydney probably has much colder seas offshore.
The Humid Subtropical region on the lower East coast/Gulf coast...is the closet match in the USA. North Florida for the most part is warmer summer and winter than Sydney. Cities like Charleston, New Orleans, or Savannah have much warmer summers, but the average winter temps seem about the same as Sydney…as is yearly rainfall. The best match in the USA would be a place like Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Of course Myrtle Beach is much hotter and sunnier in summer than Sydney (and probably all year). Also, I don’t know about Sydney, but the Atlantic is really warm off Myrtle Beach (right now 29 C/85 F)…so Sydney probably has much colder seas offshore.
Myrtle Beach is actually slightly colder than Sydney during the winter and the summers are certainly uncomparable.
Does Sydney often, if ever fall below freezing? I'm not sure how often Myrtle Beach falls below freezing, but it actually happens fairly often each winter.
Edit: Well I couldn't find the statistics for Myrtle Beach, but nearby Conway averages about 44 days below freezing per year.
If I think about it...It seems as though Sydney could be classified as a hybrid or a transitional climate between Humid Subtropical and Oceanic.... it doesn't really match either one.. but is somewhere in between...There really isn't a good match for it in the USA in my opinion.
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