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A calm -15c is actually comfortable with dressing. It is no big deal.
A calm -25c is still too cold even if you dress. Why? Because even your eyelashes freeze at that temperature. You know it is really cold when your eyelashes freeze.
I have never lived in a cold climate per se...but because where I grew up was so mild, it’s fair to say that I got a place which is hotter in summer and colder in winter, so I can speak to this on some level.
I personally acclimatize much better in the heat. I do t use a/c in the car here when I’m on my own, which helps. I also found that when I was trucking, I would be a lot less discouraged from getting out of the truck when it was hot vs. when it was cold.
I am a special case in a couple of ways, though. For one, Raynaud Syndrome can make even mildly cool days feel not so good. Second, I might not really have proper experience in bundling up on a cold day. I certainly don’t have snow boots. Plus other little things, such as I do t particularly know how to drive in the cold, etc., so hmm.....maybe I’m not as well equipped to answer this as I thought.
It really comes down to preference. I've gone from Atlanta to Pennsylvania in the winter and it was tough but after a week or two I was used to it (I just didn't like it).
I've also done the opposite in May where it was still 50s and 60s in PA and then when I went home it was during an early stretch of summer where we hit 90 multiple days. Same thing. Week or so and I was used to it.
Also had a suddenly warm May in 2018 in Houston. Rapidly hit the mid 90s and got humid as crap. But after a week or two, well, you know what I'm gonna say.
I don't think either is easier or harder to acclimate to so it kinda just comes down to the what do you prefer. I always think heat is easier to deal with as long as you have A/C.
Having grown up in South Florida and been living in Minnesota for almost three and a half years now, I will say the cold is a lot easier to adapt to. I could never go back to the inferno that is Florida lol.
I have always preferred and had more tolerance for heat than I have ever had for cold weather, especially bitter cold temperatures, so my vote for more tolerable climates goes to warm and hot climates.
For the record, I'm just the opposite - I'd take 25F over 85F any day. Assuming it isn't summertime I'd even take 0F over 85F.
I'd take 0F over 95F, but I'd take 85F over 0F any day, because 85 is not that hot, it's the average high in NYC in July.
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