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There's no total darkness at Jan Mayen's latitude. There's no sun from mid-November to late January, but darkness is another story. Around noon, even in the darkest days of the year (around the winter solstice) there are always one or two hours of beautiful bluish sunset-like skies, and if it's not too cloudy you may even turn the lights off in the house. You probably have to go at least to Longyearbyen's latitude to have total darkness for a while. However, yes, I could handle them, and surely I would handle them much better than months and months of hot&humid weather like in Bangalore.
I bet you'd still choose Jan Mayan over Winnepeg or Ottawa for the milder winters.
Actually no I wouldn't... because unlike Jan Mayen, Ottawa and Winnipeg both get sunshine in the winter months and even though there are no snowfall stats, I bet over the course of a year, Jan Mayen gets more snowfall than both because it hardly melts :P
0 hours sunshine during winter in climate # 1!! Hell no! Its an E for me. I do not mind how cold it is during winter though. But 7C in summer is not an ideal temperature.
As for climate #2: it is too hot in my opinion but only three months seem to be oppressive and unlivable vs. 7 months in climate #1. Sunshine level is almost ideal (2300hrs). I rate climate #2 a C.
I would say without looking at the previous replies- the first one is
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, it does not observe any sunshine during December and also the precipitation has its maximum in autumn and early winter. And also the tiny annual range, with a rather mild winter gives a hint.
I don't have an idea for the second climate though, but i suppose it could be in the Indian highlands, due to the noticable high maximum temperatures in spring.
And of this choice i would pick the first one, because it has a Winter, unlike the second one.
The worst part about the first one is the winter darkness. Otherwise, the temperatures look quite nice. I'd pick it in a heartbeat over #2.
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