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I'm curious what the mildest climate in the world would be, from the standpoint of the minimal need for heat and cooling.
To make this standard, let's assume that daily highs from 65 to 78 are considered comfortable and don't require heating or cooling. Then use a linear scale from that mark.
I'm thinking Lima, Peru comes up as the mildest climate in the world using this standard, with its highs ranging from 65 to 78. Any others that come close?
I'm curious what the mildest climate in the world would be, from the standpoint of the minimal need for heat and cooling.
To make this standard, let's assume that daily highs from 65 to 78 are considered comfortable and don't require heating or cooling. Then use a linear scale from that mark.
I'm thinking Lima, Peru comes up as the mildest climate in the world using this standard, with its highs ranging from 65 to 78. Any others that come close?
Iquique, Chile has monthly average Tmax values ranging from 18.7C to 25.2C, basically the same but a lot sunnier than Lima. Norfolk Island's stats. also fall in that range (just).
At first I was going to say Bogotá, Colombia, but now I'm not sure if you will need some heating there (cooling you won't need definitely). When I was there, the hotel where I stayed didn't have air conditioning or any heating devices. And even though the nights and mornings were a bit chilly sometimes (5 C to 10 C), I didn't feel I need any heating whatsoever. It seems that the afternoon warmth (around 20 C) was enough to keep the inside warm during the night, because big swings in temperature are very rare. You just have to adjust to a slightly cooler room temperature than what you'd normally have in a heated room, I guess.
In sum, only if you aren't a heat lover, you could live in Bogotá without air con or heating.
Generally you're looking for highland subtropical climates (South America, Africa, etc.) and coastal subtropical-equatorial climates affected by cold ocean currents (SoCal, South American west coast, coastal Southwest Africa, etc.)
Nice find. The Southern Cape region really does seem to be heaven for lovers of mild-warm climates.
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