Battle of the ultra arid climates....... (snowfall, hot, recorded, temperatures)

[AdriannaSmiling]

In honor of 2013 being the Bay Area's driest year recorded so far (and likely to stay that way with only a month to go and no rain in the forecast), here's a battle of the ultra arid climates (all get less than an inch of rain a year).

If you HAD to live in an ultra arid climate, which would you pick?

A) Iquique, Chile- Iquique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Mild temperatures and a good deal of sunshine year round)

B) Lima, Peru- Lima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (mild year round with very cloudy winters)

C) Aswan, Egypt- Aswan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (very hot summers and very comfortable winters)

D) Turpan, China- Turpan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (has a lot of seasonality temperature wise with subfreezing daytime highs in winter and hot summers)

E) Vostok Station, Antarctica- Vostok Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (gets less than an inch of precip each year but of course it never melts so the snowpack is constant).

[cloudcrash619]

Turpan for the interesting temperatures, still would never live there because of the dryness!!

[MeteoMan]

Lima, most comfortable of that particular selection.

[lurtsman]

A. Easy choice. Second is clearly B (Lima). Lima has more rain so it doesn't seem as painfully dry, but the difference in humidity between the two would cause the average day in iquique to be much more comfortable.

[Max96]

Iquique for being coolest year round.

[The East Frisian]

Turpan, because it has most seasonality of those five climates.
And there might be still a chance to see some snowfall every now and then there.

[RWood]

Iquique.

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

Lima, Peru. But those sunshine hours in winter are horrendous

[Caleb Yeung]

Lima, Peru.

[wawa1992]

Turpan. At least it's interesting.