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Personally I don't think ANY Asian city will be comfortable...every major city there suffers from immense humidity for a very large chunk of the year...
Montreal for sure. I am surprised at how cold Seoul gets during winter though.
The whole region (Northern China and Korea) gets quite cold in winter. (Seoul, Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian).
Northeastern Chinese cities (Harbin and Shenyang) get extremely cold. Harbin actually gets slightly colder than Winnipeg in the middle of the winter. Shenyang is very similar to Montreal but has lower lows and higher highs.
But compared to Canada, winter is shorter over there. In Seoul, warmth comes back in March (avg high 10 C°C). And even throughout December and February, we have mild days that go up to 5°C. It is a dry cold so snow is not frequent and usually it melts the next day.
The whole region (Northern China and Korea) gets quite cold in winter. (Seoul, Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian).
Northeastern Chinese cities (Harbin and Shenyang) get extremely cold. Harbin actually gets slightly colder than Winnipeg in the middle of the winter. Shenyang is very similar to Montreal but has lower lows and higher highs.
But compared to Canada, winter is shorter over there. In Seoul, warmth comes back in March (avg high 10 C°C). And even throughout December and February, we have mild days that go up to 5°C. It is a dry cold so snow is not frequent and usually it melts the next day.
Unfortunately, they barely receive any snow. Monsoon influenced climates in Asia have very dry winters.
Personally I don't think ANY Asian city will be comfortable...every major city there suffers from immense humidity for a very large chunk of the year...
This!
Summer monsoon season is a bummer.
Montreal climate is not bad, just a few colder than preferable days.
Let us make 3 categories. IDEAL, AVERAGE, HORRIBLE
In Montreal, you have 5 months of IDEAL (May-Sep). First half of October can still be nice but I deducted it because you get days that can still be chilly in May or September. Also, there are days in the summer that are too humid to be enjoyed.
AVERAGE : mid-October-mid-November, April, humid summer days : 2.5 months
HORRIBLE : mid-November-March : 4.5 months
*ATROCIOUS : Montreal gets around 30-40 day period per year that the daily high doesn't go over -5 C / 23 F and on
most of these days daily low is going below -15 C / 5C as well
In Seoul, you have IDEAL mid-March-mid-June (3), September-mid-November(2.5) : 5.5 months
AVERAGE : 2nd half of Nov. 1st half of Mar. 1 month during Dec-Feb : 2 months
HORRIBLE : mid-June-August(2.5), (2) months during Dec-Feb period : 4.5 months
So I would say they are about on par. BUT, Seoul doesn't really get those atrocious-level horrible winter extremes.
It really boils down to whether you prefer cooler or warmer.
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the whole region gets cold
