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Canada! because they have real actual summer.. Scandinavia has better winters but they are mostly more rainy than snowy which I think is more depressing than rainy weather. Plus, Canada has more sun... I would prefer colder winters if I am promised with warm sunny summers:!:!:
If the choices would be Toronto and Helsinki, I'd take Toronto in a heartbeat.
If they would be Helsinki and Bergen, Helsinki. If Bergen and Iqaluit, Bergen. Bornholm and Halifax, Bornholm.
But yes, Toronto wins Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Reykjavik, so I'll vote for Canada.
Canada, simply because we have a wider variety of climates.
We have many of the same climates as Scandinavia - if you want a cool to cold climate with lots of rain and/or snow, there are plenty of those out on the coasts. If you want a polar/arctic climate of some sort, no shortage of those up north. A continental climate with cold winters and comfortably warm summers - again, plenty of those out here.
However, if you want a climate with hot, humid summers like Southern Ontario, I don't believe you'll find many (if any) of those in Scandinavia. Same with semi-arid climates like you'll find in interior BC, or even Southern Alberta. Not to mention that we have much more sunshine than Scandinavia in many parts of the country.
Scandinavia has some truly stunning scenery, but as far as climate goes they're very much on the cooler and gloomier side of things. Canada has plenty of variety of cold/rainy/gloomy climates like they do, but we also have a decent amount of climates with hot/dry/sunny weather, so for that reason I vote for us.
Canada, simply because we have a wider variety of climates.
We have many of the same climates as Scandinavia - if you want a cool to cold climate with lots of rain and/or snow, there are plenty of those out on the coasts. If you want a polar/arctic climate of some sort, no shortage of those up north. A continental climate with cold winters and comfortably warm summers - again, plenty of those out here.
However, if you want a climate with hot, humid summers like Southern Ontario, I don't believe you'll find many (if any) of those in Scandinavia. Same with semi-arid climates like you'll find in interior BC, or even Southern Alberta. Not to mention that we have much more sunshine than Scandinavia in many parts of the country.
Scandinavia has some truly stunning scenery, but as far as climate goes they're very much on the cooler and gloomier side of things. Canada has plenty of variety of cold/rainy/gloomy climates like they do, but we also have a decent amount of climates with hot/dry/sunny weather, so for that reason I vote for us.
Completely agree. I think Scandanavia has a more uniform climate compared to those in Canada. And so would also choose Canada.
Interesting though how you consider places like Toronto, London and Windsor to have hot and humid summers. They look quite cool and refreshing compared to summers around here.
Interesting though how you consider places like Toronto, London and Windsor to have hot and humid summers. They look quite cool and refreshing compared to summers around here.
Yeah, it's all relative. Sadly we don't have any subtropical areas in Canada, so an average high of 80 in the summer is enough for a city to be considered "hot" out here. To be fair though, even though the averages are a fair bit lower than many US cities, many places in Southern Ontario still get their fair share of 90 - 95 degree days with high humidity, they just don't get them for weeks on end like many places in the States.
Though personally that's okay with me. Although I love warm humid summers, the type of summertime heat you get in the southern/eastern US would probably be a bit too much for me. Southern Ontario has very good summers for the most part, it's too bad we don't get them like that out here on the prairies.
Most populated areas in Canada are way too sunny and warm in the summer. Yukon and Nunavut are great temperature wise but they're also dry and sunny. The coldest extremes of Scandinavia like Karasjok, Norway or Svalbard offer more interesting climates that I think I would prefer.
Interesting though how you consider places like Toronto, London and Windsor to have hot and humid summers. They look quite cool and refreshing compared to summers around here.
Relative. An average July in Windsor would be one of the hottest on record in Scandinavia, and comparable to averages in Milan and Barcelona.
Only one location ever in Scandinavia has recorded a 100F day, and even 90F days occur just a few days a year. So Windsor is hot.
Canada, Perfect summers and perfect winters. The winters in Scandinavia while cold are not cold enough for me and can get quite mild at times.
P.s the last time I checked Iceland was not part of Scandinavia, infact part of it isn't even on the European tectonic plate.
Nordic countries would have been the correct term to use. But I'm going to go out on a limb and say that these terminology differences are too subtle for most people outside of Europe to care about in day to day parlance.
Parts of Canada get far more thundery activity and hotter summers than Scandi can dream of so it will get the vote.
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