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Born and raised in borderline Am/Af, lived for a long time in a borderline Dfa/Dfb climate, currently live in a Dfa/Cfa climate, would prefer a Cwb/BWn climate.
I think a far northern (around 22 – 25 latitude) coastal Aw climate like Miami, Rio De Janeiro, Hong Kong (shown as Am on the above map) is as close to perfection as you can get: 12 months of summer, normally sunny beach weather 12 months of the year, a warm/tropical ocean current, breezy, a good wet season for a green and lush environment (May to September in NH), and a nice dry and sunny winter season (November through April in NH). I also agree with ColdCandian that any location that doesn’t have a mean temperature of at least 72 F (22 C) doesn’t even have a real summer. To call a sub 70 F month “summer” seems totally unfair IMO.
Here are the other climates and their biggest drawbacks –
Af (Tropical Rainforest – Amazon, Central Africa…etc) – too long of wet season, too much rain, cloudier (in winter too), high humidity/heat all year and feels worse do to frequent cloud cover.
BWh (Hot Desert – Tucson, Cairo…etc) – too barren, dry, dead looking environment, no green, no life.
Cfa (Humid Subtropical – Charleston, SC, Sydney, Buenos Aires…etc). Nice long summers (5 hot months, 7 warm months) and warm tropical ocean currents, but winters are a bit too cold, with occasional very sharp cold snaps.
Cfb (Subtropical Dry summer, cool summer coastal – San Diego, Perth…etc) - too cool of summers, frigid ocean waters, too wet winters, winters a bit too cold, not green enough, only 2/3 hot months, only 7 warm months.
Dfa (Temperate-warm summer -Chicago, Bucharest, Mukden…etc) - Fleeting summers, only 2/3 hot months, only 4/5 warm months, long , severe cold winters with deep snow and cloudy.
Dfb (Snow –cool summer – Moscow, Fargo, ND, Harbin…etc) –not hot months, only really 4 warm months, very short summers, long, very severe winters with extreme cold (often goes down to 40 F below zero, poor solar angle -too high in latitude (above 45 N/S). Dry and sunny in winter however, is a plus.
E (Polar) – too cold, too dark, no green, little life.
Where I live has a mean temperature of less than 22ºC in the summer months and it is hot as hell.
Cfb(Oceanic), Csa(Warm Mediterranean), Csb(Cool Mediterranean), and Dfa(Humid Continental) climates are my favorites
*Hottest month average temperature should be below 26°C(78.8°F), I feel uncomfortable anywhere above this.
A climate that is in transition between Csa and Cfa (Mediterranean and Humid Subtropical). I don't like full blown Cfa's and Csa's much (especially the former).
Although I like CFA climates.. some of Koppen's CFA climates have freezing winters, so only the warmer ones
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