Climate Battle for cold lovers: Esperanza Base, Antarctica vs. Longyearbyen, Svalbard (warmest, temperatures)

[deneb78]

Here is a climate battle for cold lovers:

- Esperanza Base has overall warmer temperatures year round -5.5°C vs. -7.54°C for Longyearbyen
- Esperanza Base is wetter year round 725mm vs. 271mm for Longyearbyen
- Esperanza Base has warmer winters but also colder summers than Longyearbyen
- Longyearbyen has a true polar night whereas Esperanza Base doesn't (78 latitude vs. 63 latitude)

Which would you choose?

Of course for me, it's a choice between one hellish climate vs. another but given the lesser of the two evils I choose Esperanza Base for it's slightly "milder" winters

Esperanza Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Longyearbyen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Longyearben.

Even though Longyearben is drier then ideal, summers are warmer.

[Sax Russell]

I chose Esperanza solely because of the polar night thing. The temperatures are pretty much a wash, and I'm not fussed about the precipitation differences. Longyearbyen is a pretty aptly named town, incidentally.

[CairoCanadian]

"Permanence, an act of sacrifice" indeed.

Both solid F climates, but Longyearbyen for the midnight sun and its moment of thaw.

[dhdh]

Hell vs hell indeed I guess Esperanza - no polar night.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Longyearbyen for the warmer summers.

[Rozenn]

^^ Ditto.

[Hunter21]

Definitely Longyearbyen. It's not blisteringly cold all year long, and there's more civilization there.

[Candle]

Longyearbyen. I like my summers, thank you.

[ChesterNZ]

Originally Posted by Candle

Longyearbyen. I like my summers, thank you.

LOL, what summer? Their warmest month is 2 C colder than my city's coldest month.