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Should've done Seville in July instead for fairness, as both 15C and 37C highs are relatively extreme. Most people would choose 18C highs instead of 15C (cold lovers would prefer something like 5C).
18C was Seville's mean maximum for January. I'd estimate Tromsö's to 23C something like that.
Daily mean high is 16C. Mean maximum charts can mess things up when speed-reading
We have 3 hours of near-darkness here around summer solstice. It's much better than you think. I've also slept quite a bit at almost 65N in July and I can safely assure that I had no problems at all. I think it's just difficult for someone living in Florida to imagine though, tiredness is tiredness
you are at 58°N, Tromso is 69°N. big difference. even if 65°N would be twilight for a few hours, 4° makes a difference. the sun will remain above the horizon at that latitude. the best you get at night is near sunset conditions but still daylight. i understand you get used to it but our bodies aren't designed for 69°N. obviously people live there but i'm sure there are negative effects. even if those effects are not clearly or immediately noticeable.
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you are at 58°N, Tromso is 69°N. big difference. even if 65°N would be twilight for a few hours, 4° makes a difference. the sun will remain above the horizon at that latitude. the best you get at night is near sunset conditions but still daylight. i understand you get used to it but our bodies aren't designed for 69°N. obviously people live there but i'm sure there are negative effects. even if those effects are not clearly or immediately noticeable.
Our bodies aren't "designed" for anything. But they happen to be adaptable to almost everything.
you are at 58°N, Tromso is 69°N. big difference. even if 65°N would be twilight for a few hours, 4° makes a difference. the sun will remain above the horizon at that latitude. the best you get at night is near sunset conditions but still daylight. i understand you get used to it but our bodies aren't designed for 69°N. obviously people live there but i'm sure there are negative effects. even if those effects are not clearly or immediately noticeable.
Those effects you see in wintertime especially without snow cover. As it is, the greatest difficulty in that regard is probably found in the exterior islands south-west of where Tromsö is given that those locations lack daily means below freezing all winter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8st#Climate) Also life expectancies are extremely high in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland in spite of our extreme daylight cycles.
I think the absence of extreme heat makes it a healthier environment than Florida as long as the indoor heating works. Outdoors the body has to battle heat stroke at least 50 % of days a year in southern FL.
They are both good, but I choose Tromsø in July because it's summer
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