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Maybe they want to escape the dreary English cold. Canada can be sunny and warm in parts but its winters are still ferocious. Now most large capital cities in Aus and NZ have winters, some can be chilly, but they aren't as cold as England or Canada.
I believe that's the reason. I also notice on House Hunters International[on HGTV] that many Brits also move to Spain.
Yes and no. Summer is reasonably similar between the two, but a gap opens up over the rest of the year. Different in regards to sunshine as well, with higher hours in NZ and a stronger sun, plus the percentage of sunshine doesn't change throughout the year in NZ - so no grey season.
UK immigrants here don't make the climates sound similar, but it would certainly be a more familiar to them than the Australian climate
I think a British winter is more similar to a New Zealand winter than it is to a Canadian winter though? The UK is nothing like as cold as Canada (in the wintertime)
I think a British winter is more similar to a New Zealand winter than it is to a Canadian winter though? The UK is nothing like as cold as Canada (in the wintertime)
Um, yeah. Just a tad! The only exception being Vancouver and Victoria on the west coast.
For the record, though, British immigrants to Canada rarely complain about the winter cold in my experience. At least... no more than anyone else.
French immigrants here in Quebec... now that's a whole other story!
I think a British winter is more similar to a New Zealand winter than it is to a Canadian winter though? The UK is nothing like as cold as Canada (in the wintertime)
They would be more similar, although still 4-5C warmer, twice as sunny and with fewer days of rain in NZ. My winter maximum is the same as Portsmouth would see in April, although average nights in winter are colder here, than winter nights in Portsmouth.
British immigrants are well known for complaining about cold here, in regards to houses ... and with good reason.
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I think a British winter is more similar to a New Zealand winter than it is to a Canadian winter though? The UK is nothing like as cold as Canada (in the wintertime)
Nope. New Zealand has temps of 15-16c in winter.
Where I live it's usually 5-6c and can get alot colder.
Having lived in Canada, and only visited Australia, I think culturally Australia is far more similar to Britain than Canada is. Though a Brit would have no problem adapting in Canada or the U.S., Australia just seems far more similar. Also, the biggest plus it the climate and lower cost of living in Australia when compared with Britain.
Um, yeah. Just a tad! The only exception being Vancouver and Victoria on the west coast.
For the record, though, British immigrants to Canada rarely complain about the winter cold in my experience. At least... no more than anyone else.
French immigrants here in Quebec... now that's a whole other story!
So in effect what the poster said about Britons going to New Zealand instead of Canada to 'escape the cold' is probably not the main reason? Because Britain is not a lot colder than New Zealand and the British ex-pats you know in Canada don't seem to mind the cold anyway?
Where I live it's usually 5-6c and can get alot colder.
The average Wellington winter temperature high is 12 degrees (I've just looked it up),London is 7 degrees, in the South West UK its 9 degrees, in Scotland (Edinburgh) its 6 degrees. The average summer temperatures are slightly higher in London than Wellington (23 to 21), about the same between Wellington and the South West and slightly cooler in Scotland. I don't think all in all there is a huge difference and therefore temperature is probably not one of the reasons why Britons go to New Zealand (if Britons want hot weather they would probably want to go to Australia).
Generally, people in countries that are industrialized stop emigrating in large numbers (eg. Irish and Italian immigration to the New World has slowed since Ireland and Italy are now rich), so rich countries generally stop getting immigration from other rich countries but instead get immigration from poorer countries. Many New World countries, from Canada to Argentina once received very large numbers of European or British Isles immigrants but very few in modern times.
But for Australia and New Zealand, it seems immigration from the UK still seems high up into very recent times.
Why is that? It seems like in the US and Canada, most immigration is from poorer countries (Mexico, China, India) and few from developed ones any more (like Italy, Ireland, the UK, even Japan). Why does Australia and New Zealand still attract immigrants from a rich, western country?
The weather. They move to Spain as well, but Australia has good weather, plus low unemployment and speak English. And there's Home and Away.
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The average Wellington winter temperature high is 12 degrees (I've just looked it up),London is 7 degrees, in the South West UK its 9 degrees, in Scotland (Edinburgh) its 6 degrees. The average summer temperatures are slightly higher in London than Wellington (23 to 21), about the same between Wellington and the South West and slightly cooler in Scotland. I don't think all in all there is a huge difference and therefore temperature is probably not one of the reasons why Britons go to New Zealand (if Britons want hot weather they would probably want to go to Australia).
Yes there is. It doesn't snow in New Zealand at all, like every 5 years.
Where I live it snows uncountable times a winter.
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