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View Poll Results: Which region has overall better climate?
Europe 73 35.78%
United States 131 64.22%
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:50 PM
 
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Oh kind of a let down now. That water is kind of cold in summer. More like California. I thought it was the Med. Never mind lol
I know mate.

Nope, they are in the Atlantic.

You can have those ones on the Med too.







source for all of the pics: https://www.abc-mallorca.es/majores-playas-de-mallorca/

https://www.descobreixmenorca.com/wp...acio_desti.jpg

https://www.escapadarural.com/blog/w...acarelleta.jpg

(click also the 2 last urls to see the pics)

in this case... the sea temperature during the summer is 24-26ºC (75-79F)
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:04 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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I wouldn't consider a great deal of the US to be livable throghout the entire year due to freezing winters or hot, sticky summers. Europe in general does better in terms of moderation, although it definitely has its own extremes, particularly in the far north and east.


The problem with eastern US climates in general is that if you want milder winters than where I live, you get hotter and more humid summers. And the summer here has a July mean of like 79F. A summer like that is warmer than the majority of Europe. To get a winter with a mean temp over 50F, like Charleston SC, you also have to deal with summer mean temp of 81F and high dewpoints. I think you have to go to southern Greece for that. Even Malaga has cooler summers than Charleston.
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:07 AM
 
Location: 64'N Umeå, Sweden - The least bad Dfc
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ehh maybe once and a blue moon they do. The Med's SST's aren't anything near the Gulf Coast though. I swim comfortably in South Beach in March on spring break.


My favorite place in Europe is well of course the place where I was born. Kefallonia Greece.


My favorite climate in the US is South Dakota for it's extreme variety, though I wouldn't move there because there is simply nothing to do... Plus, I figure my tastes in climate will change by the time I'm 60.. Old bones don't do well in extreme changes in temp as seen on the Great Plains. Florida or South Texas are places I am considering retiring to in 15+ years. Already own a house in San Antonio, considering buying around Tampa




Oh and don't forget Puerto Rico is part of the US too. Some of the best beaches that I have even been too.
Didn't you just say your favorite temperatures in summer was in the 60's and 70's? That you couldn't stand heat?
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:09 AM
 
Location: Syrmia, Northern Serbia, near 45 N
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Sveti Stefan, Montenegro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Stefan
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:10 AM
 
Location: 64'N Umeå, Sweden - The least bad Dfc
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What a ****ty beach!
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:16 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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South Beach isn't the Gulf Coast though.



The United States is more to my liking. More hot summer/cold winter climates there. In Europe, it seems you either get one or the other, which sucks IMO.




Southeastern Europe is not well represented on this forum, but a place like Plovdiv get decently cold in winter and warmer summers. Baltimore type winters with NYC type summers. Just less rainy and humid in summer.


Seems the tendency of many of us on this forum is to focus on the milder climates of Western Europe and act like that is representative of all of Europe. Many areas of Central and Eastern Europe have cold winters.
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:20 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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Looks nice but where is the sand?
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:20 AM
 
Location: C: Home R: Monroe CT, Climate:Dfa
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USA by a mile because it has more locales with climates that fit my needs than Europe. Except for a few locales in East Europe, none of Europe's climates satisfy both requirements I have for a good climate which are a cold winter and a hot summer.
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:26 AM
 
Location: Syrmia, Northern Serbia, near 45 N
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What a ****ty beach!
Montenegro is very diverse for such a small country in geography, climate and flora and fauna.

The wettest populated place is Crkvice in Montenegro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crkvice

The longest canyon in Europe and second longest in the world (after Grand Canyon) is Tara River Canyon in Montenegro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_(river)
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Old 04-27-2017, 12:30 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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The waters of the Med are nice and clear and blue. Oligotrophic for sure.
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