Average climate for humans

[Mhc1985]

Indian Subcontinent: 1700 million people
Africa: 1100 million people
Southeast Asia: 620 million people
Latin America/Caribbean: 600 million people
Arabian Peninsula (incl. Iraq) : 110 million people

All these regions have an annual average above 20ºC (weighted by population).
Together they comprise around 4130 million people, which is about 57% of the world population.
I guess it's hard for the rest of the world counteract this, so I suppose the average temperature might be around 20ºC/21ºC to begin with.

[Sir Goosenseresworthie]

Originally Posted by Maxwell Senf

Also, just a reminder, China and India are nearly half the world's population. What do they have in common? Hot humid summers. Currently, my model has about 8 inches of rain in July. (Or January in the southern hemisphere)

~1.37 B (China) + ~1.27 B (India) = 2.64 B

Current world population: ~7.37 B

2.64 / 7.37 = ~35% or about 1/3 ... not 1/2... yes considering the rest of SE Asia we are looking at more like 1/2

and yes the average hottest month for that population would be in the upper 80's F and wet...

1.1 B (Africa) @ ~15% probably has upper 80's F for the warmest month and only moderately wet...

but...

~0.82 B (Europe + Russia) + 0.1 B (Northern US) + 0.02 B (Canada) = 0.94 B

0.94 / 7.37 = ~12.7%

average hottest month for that population would only be in the upper 70's F and only moderately wet... and chilly 30's and 40's F for the average winter temps...

...and its hard to consider the widespread smaller populations around the world that weren't part of those statistics.

[Maxwell Senf]

Looks like I overestimated the populations of India and China. Either way, there are some VERY hot places in India. There are many places where July's high is in the mid 90s even though it gets a foot of rain! You might be right though. I'm going to keep going.

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by alex985

The average global temp is 15 C. I highly doubt that the coolest month in an average climate is 18 C.

I thought the OP meant the (average) climate which would be pleasant for a human.

I guess I didn't bother reading it all....

[Wario Toad 32]

Originally Posted by Maxwell Senf

Since I like averaging climates to create new ones so much, I had an idea. What do you guys think is the average climate experienced by humans around the globe? I know this sounds confusing, let me attempt to explain. To get this fictional climate, one would have to average all the climates in the world, but weighted by population. Also, for simplicity, the Southern Hemisphere's averages would have to be flipped e.g. mix Sydney's January with New York's July. This way you get an accurate representation of summer and winter for the average human. Here are my predictions for what it would look like.

Cfa
Avg temps in coldest month: 61/43 (16/6)
Avg temps in hottest month: 90/72 (32/22)
Avg precipitation: 49" (125 cm)
Sunshine hours: 2400
Roughly 30 degrees away from the equator. A fairly strong summer maximum in precipitation.
It would resemble a slightly cooler Houston or New Orleans.

After you guys make some predictions I'll attempt to model this world climate.

Perfect for Heat Lovers. It really depends on the person. For me your average world climate is too hot in summer and too mild in winter. Is this an average of the top 50 so cities in the world?

[Maxwell Senf]

So, to clarify what I'm trying to do, this is the average climate that a human lives in, not necessarily the most pleasant. For example, if 1 person lives in Shanghai, and 1 person lives in Calcutta, the climates of both places would be averaged.

[Maxwell Senf]

No matter how I slice it, I end up with something like this

coldest month: high in low 60s, low in mid 40s, 2" of rain
hottest month: high in upper 80s, low around 70, 6" of rain

[Maxwell Senf]

my original prediction isn't far off