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You could fly there in an hour and a half, probably for less than the drive costs in fuel.
Well if you want to play that game, a person in Seattle could be in a tropical climate in January with a 5 hour flight to Honolulu. Impossible for someone in London.
Well if you want to play that game, a person in Seattle could be in a tropical climate in January with a 5 hour flight to Honolulu. Impossible for someone in London.
You could be in a tropical climate in West Africa in 6 hours. It's also a 4 hr flight to Las Palmas or a 6 hr flight to Dubai.
This thread isn't about which climates are hours away, it's about 2 cities.
You could be in a tropical climate in West Africa in 6 hours. It's also a 4 hr flight to Las Palmas or a 6 hr flight to Dubai.
This thread isn't about which climates are hours away, it's about 2 cities.
It is about two cities, and Seattle is slightly warmer and sunnier on an annual basis. But to me they are basically the same climate with a different precip pattern.
Temperature-wise the difference isn't big. Main difference is Seattle has more sunshine in the summer (and slightly more spring and autumn), while much more stretches of rain in the wintertime. While Seattle has more long stretches of sun in the summer, it has more long stretches of rain in the winter. Sunday's is forecast to be partly sunny and 58°F in Seattle not bad.
As for London getting a reputation for drizzle, I think in the US Seattle has a worse reputation for drizzle. In any case, Seattle seems to be the clear choice, as I care more about sunshine than drizzle.
London can easily get over 15 days without rain, multiple times, every year.
A typical summer day in London is partly cloudy, so it's not normal to have 15 consecutive days with are 100% cloudless, day and night. It's common to have 15 mostly sunny days in a row though.
Astonishing isn't it?
This being a mainly US forum, best not get your hopes up getting them to think beyond their preconceptions of the rest of the world.
I've spent more time in London than Seattle. I don't remember the summers being that rainy, but 15 days without rain sounds a bit unlikely. And maybe even 15 mostly sunny days.
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