Which city would feel colder in winter, Stockholm or Toronto?

[BMI]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

I assume the Annex repesents TO's urban heat island as opposed to Pearson right? Probably similar to say how Midway or UofC has a greater UHI than ORD.

Like Midway I guess. Pearson is located in Mississauga...not Toronto.
It is a good represtative of the the climate of Toronto's suburbs,
except down near the lake where I live, Burlington is about 50 kms SW of
Toronto and has lows a tad cooler than Toronto Annex but warmer average highs,
farthest east climate in Ontario with an average july high of 28C (Annex is less than 27C),
closest to a SW Ontario climate but still within GTA.

Personally I go with the Annex as the Toronto climate, hundreds of thousands of Torontonians
live in that zone, very densely populated. The Annex is technically not downtown,
northern boundary of downtown is Bloor St, close to border, The Annex is just above, north of U of T Campus.
Too bad there is no official weather station with 30 year averages in the actual Toronto CBD,
now that would be a heat island, warmer lows, not sure about highs. Would be interesting stats.
Environment Canada doesn't seem to care, ironically they aren't weather buffs,
consequently less and less weather stations, instead of more

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by BMI

Ooh scary

Guess those average winter lows are scary to someone from Tallahassee, Florida,
though you have the record low temp for Florida....-19C....cold for 30N

Anyway....lets go over the data...

STOCKHOLM

Dec ...avg high 1.7....avg low -2.3 ....record high 13C...record low -23C ....avg sun hrs 33

Jan....avg high 0.5....avg low -3.7 ....record high 10C..record low -32...avg sun hrs 40

Feb ...avg high 0.6 ...avg low -3.9....record high 12C ....re ord low -30C.....avg sun hrs 72


TORONTO

Dec ....avg high 2.1...avg low -3.1 ....record high 20C...record low -30C ....avg sun hrs 78

Jan.....avg high -0.7...avg low -6.7....record high 16C ....record low -33C....avg sun hrs 86

Feb ....avg high 0.4 ...avg low -5.6 ...record high 19C .....record low -32C ...avg sun hrs 111


Conclusion....The average temps imo are not that much different, slight edge to Stockholm,
however Toronto is almost 16 degrees farther south, longer winter days, more sunshine.
Also Toronto can and does get some "warmer" winter days ...look at record highs.

The OP is wanting to know which city "feels" warmer..not is warmer,
for me it is Toronto...not by much though, they are similar, however
I would much prefer an average Toronto winter than an average Stockholm winter.

Really good analysis there.

[John Rose]

I would say on the average winter day that Toronto would feel warmer because of the sun. People tend to be out more during the day than at night, especially in the winter. It's also been theorized that Toronto is transitioning to a humid subtropical climate due to climate change, so it seems like Toronto plausibly will get progressively warmer from here...

[Baba_Wethu]

Originally Posted by John Rose

I would say on the average winter day that Toronto would feel warmer because of the sun. People tend to be out more during the day than at night, especially in the winter. It's also been theorized that Toronto is transitioning to a humid subtropical climate due to climate change, so it seems like Toronto plausibly will get progressively warmer from here...

Yeah, due to the sun and daylength, Toronto would probably feel a little warmer. But if we're talking about the future, Stockholm is definitely bound to warm up faster than Toronto...

[Ethereal]

Okay, Toronto would feel warmer...but the poll says otherwise. Lol.

[BMI]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

Okay, Toronto would feel warmer...but the poll says otherwise. Lol.

Maybe....but not this winter for sure, some sberian cold coming our way
next week, highs struggling to reach -10C