Climate battle: Lima, Peru Vs. Dublin, Ireland (day, places, season)

[Botev1912]

0.5 inches of rain annually How is this even possible? And why is it so cloudy since it never rains? I have never seen such weird climate before.

[Shalop]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

0.5 inches of rain annually How is this even possible? And why is it so cloudy since it never rains? I have never seen such weird climate before.

Reason is similar to Arica, Chile which only gets 1 mm (0.04 in) of rain per year but still has relatively high humidity levels and high cloud cover.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arica#Climate

I believe that the low rainfall is due to being located within the rain shadow of the Andes mountains, although in Arica the effect is clearly more pronounced than in Lima, and it gets more sunshine.

It Never Rains in Lima?

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

Hard to choose ,Lima extremely low sunshine - Dublin not great in itself though .Lima for the extra warmth i guess

[srfoskey]

Dublin. At least it rains (and sometimes even snows) there.

[RWood]

Originally Posted by Shalop

Reason is similar to Arica, Chile which only gets 1 mm (0.04 in) of rain per year but still has relatively high humidity levels and high cloud cover.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arica#Climate

I believe that the low rainfall is due to being located within the rain shadow of the Andes mountains, although in Arica the effect is clearly more pronounced than in Lima, and it gets more sunshine.

It Never Rains in Lima?

Arica gets a lot more sunshine - about 1000 hours+ more (around 2400). Its setting is quite attractive for a virtually rainless region. The Wiki Arica sunshine data is rubbish, as I have noted before.

[NICKREY]

Originally Posted by deneb78

Yeah I imagine it's a bit too chilly to go in during the winter there without a wetsuit. The waves coming in off the Pacific must be awesome though

It's not so cold.
The average sea temperature is 16 ° C during the coldest month and 21 ° C in the hottest.

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Originally Posted by NICKREY

It's not so cold.
The average sea temperature is 16 ° C during the coldest month and 21 ° C in the hottest.

Too cold for swimming.

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by RWood

Arica gets a lot more sunshine - about 1000 hours+ more (around 2400). Its setting is quite attractive for a virtually rainless region. The Wiki Arica sunshine data is rubbish, as I have noted before.

You have said this before. Though do you have sources that state's Arica's actual sunshine hours?

[EverBlack]

Dublin, I don't like dryness.

[Warszawa]

Originally Posted by Sir Goosenseresworthie

people that picked Lima must not know how bad it really is

I had the fortune of visiting both. I visited Dublin in August-September but it really did not feel like summer, it was very cool. I also visited Lima in the summer and while the humidity feels like being punched in the face for the first couple of days, you really get used to it later. Also at night Lima is really comfortable