Which place is colder? Reykjavik, Iceland or Fargo, North Dakota? (climate, hot)

[Sir Goosenseresworthie]

Do not pick the one you like more or less! This is a battle of which one you think is colder!

Reykjavik, Iceland:
Reykjavík - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reykjavik Annual Mean: 41.9°F/5.5°C
Reykjavik January Mean: 33.6°F/0.8°C
Reykjavik Record Low: -3°F/-19.4°C

Fargo, North Dakota:
Fargo, North Dakota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fargo Annual Mean: 42.2°F/5.6°C
Fargo January Mean: 9.2°F/-12.6°C
Fargo Record Low: -48°F/-44°C

I know, it is hard to make a conclusion with a vague statement comparing two places that are very different. Try your best.

[Ethereal]

Reykjavik for its consistent cool weather.

Fargo has summers as hot as Sydney's.

[Alkis]

I think Reykjavik. Fargo is far colder in winter but Reykjavik is cold all over the year and far gloomier so it feels colder to me.

[irlinit]

Fargo would come across to me as a colder place for its brutal winters.. but it's a close one

[Morningrise]

Reykjavik by far.

I grew up in Saskatoon which is slightly colder than Fargo, and it still feels like a warmer climate than Reykjavik for me. Although the winters are obviously much colder, Fargo has several months of solidly warm-to-hot weather (combined with a good amount of sunshine), whereas Reykjavik is consistently chilly and gloomy all year round even if the winter minimums are relatively mild, and thus never really produces a feeling of true warmth at any time of the year. Even a below-average summer day in Fargo would be nearly record setting in Reykjavik.

And as far as mean temperatures go, Fargo is objectively slightly warmer with a mean of 5.7°C compared to Reykjavik's 5.5°C.

[Mr.Sir]

I'd go with Fargo, Reykjavik is heavily moderated and isn't very capable of getting the same severe cold Fargo can get. Of course it can also get very hot in Fargo, but that is to be expected in a deep continental climate like that.

[ABrandNewWorld]

They both suck

[tommyFL]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

They both suck

That doesn't answer the question.

Reykjavik is colder. A quick look at the annual mean could tell you that.

[Sir Goosenseresworthie]

Originally Posted by tommyFL

Reykjavik is colder. A quick look at the annual mean could tell you that.

personally i think Fargo is colder. but that doesn't mean i think Reykjavik is warmer. Fargo is both colder and warmer

i know its a bit trivial.

the point of this thread is to question if we should go by averages as the be-all and end-all of deciding... i think people go by averages way too much without considering other data.

don't get me wrong i'm all for picking places because of their annual means as it is often the easy deciding factor. but when you have places that are within a degree of each other in terms of annual means, it becomes silly to pick one just because it has a very (and i mean very) slight edge when viewing aggregate statistics.

[alex985]

I think Reykjavik would "feel" colder because of lower sun angle, lower sunshine hours, and I assume it's more windy during the summertime. Obviously, Fargo's winters are way colder but year-around I think Reykjavik gets the nod.