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I know many of you think both of these climates are not very good but if you had to choose either Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands or Nuuk, Greenland to live in and had no other options which would you choose to live in strictly based on climate?
I'd choose Port-aux-Francais for its milder winters.
They are both "testing" climates - I'd be tempted to go with the one with the most sunshine. I cannot see this data for Greenland though.
If their sunshine levels are close, then I'd choose Port-Aux-Francais for its milder winters
I think Port-aux-Francais gets a bit more sunshine overall than Nuuk.. I saw figures as low as 1100 hours for Nuuk. According to the site I posted, Port-aux-Francais is 1604 hours but that seems awfully high for a sub-antarctic island.
I would go to the Kerguelen Islands in a heartbeat. Granted, I better learn to speak French first I guess! I can't wait to visit one day and see Commerson's Dolphins in their natural habitat.
I'm always the oddball, I voted for Greenland as it is an interesting place! Granted I was only in Qaqortoq for a day but what a friendly place! It was mid-Sept. in the 50's, warmer than expected, kids riding bikes in shirt sleeves and shorts!
Tourists (not me) bundled up in jackets, mittens, hats, what a hoot! I had capris, a tee, lightweight wind breaker! I looked like a local, they all asked me where I lived. All the cruisers from southern states were bundled up like Nanook of the north.
Very tough choice. They're both very desirable. Nuuk has the cold, snowy winters which I like, but I'm guessing that Port-aux Francais is windier, wetter, and drearier.
Nuuk, what a lovely place. I always enjoyed the family holidays we used to go on as a kid, lovely to get away from Buxton where for me even here the summers can be a bit on the warm/hot side, even over 20°C, yuck.
Nuuk. Not THAT cold winters, low humidity and probably less gloomy with more spectacular scenery, though the sun figures I could find Nuuk Climate Guide, Greenland | World Climate Guide are pretty low for a place with sparse precipitation. As I've mentioned in other threads, I like the neverending summer daylight you get in arctic/subarctic places, so Nuuk edges it for that. Wouldn't be up for swimming there though with summer sea temperatures only getting up to 4C.
Assuming Qaanaaq further north is inhabited, it must be a contender for coldest summers in an inhabited place, with July averages of 4/-1 C.
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I can't wait to visit one day and see Commerson's Dolphins in their natural habitat.
Granted I was only in Qaqortoq for a day but what a friendly place! 
