Phoenix, AZ vs Tampa, FL summer weather? (Los Angeles, state, better)
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Me too and I wonder how many people are voting by just looking at the temps and haven't a good understanding of how that actually feels like in real life....humidity I hate, hot and dry I don't like.
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by soursop
Tampa all the way. 90 degree heat is nothing if you are at the beach or out on your sailboat all day. No such escape in Phoenix.
What about people who have to work all day, like construction workers and truck drivers and landscapers etc, and who won't be going to the beach after work?
How real people deal with weather is a better comparison.
I work outdoors here in Phoenix and I'd rather have 105° with a 45° dewpoint than 90° with a 75° dewpoint any day👍
My parents have just moved to Tampa area from Phoenix. My brother is planning to move there too. I was just in Tampa a month ago in August and in May too, and I have lived in Arizona for over 20 years, so I feel I am good in posting here.
The heat in Tampa did not bug me that much. The rain broke it up which made it tolerable (if there was no daily rain I'd be singing a different tune). My parents live only a couple blocks from the intercostal waterway so maybe that's why it wasn't a big deal. I do remember Orlando and New Orleans... that's brutal. Tampa on the other hand? Significantly better. Inland Florida is a much different story. If you are fortunate enough to live near the water in Florida then arguably it may be better than Phoenix, if you can look past the mosquitoes, I know I can't. However it's hard for me to say how much hotter it gets going inland in Florida. Is it like California weather where two miles in it's practically Arizona or Nevada?
Phoenix summers, on the other hand, aren't broken up with weather changes. You have May-July of pure sun, 11% humidity, not a single cloud in the sky. August is monsoon season, which is my favorite time of the year. Then September comes and it's hot, sunny, and dry again. Phoenix at night time is the best in the summers. Phoenix is pretty reliably hot and sunny for a good amount of the year, which I think is a pro. I used to work outside in Phoenix in a labor-intensive job and I was able to tolerate it with an icy cold beverage at all times. Also started my ice chewing habit but I can't get over it now... It's easier to breathe here, too.
So my answer is this. If you can live within a mile or two from the coast then it probably is better than Phoenix. However if you don't, then Phoenix is better.
My parents have just moved to Tampa area from Phoenix. My brother is planning to move there too. I was just in Tampa a month ago in August and in May too, and I have lived in Arizona for over 20 years, so I feel I am good in posting here.
The heat in Tampa did not bug me that much. The rain broke it up which made it tolerable (if there was no daily rain I'd be singing a different tune). My parents live only a couple blocks from the intercostal waterway so maybe that's why it wasn't a big deal. I do remember Orlando and New Orleans... that's brutal. Tampa on the other hand? Significantly better. Inland Florida is a much different story. If you are fortunate enough to live near the water in Florida then arguably it may be better than Phoenix, if you can look past the mosquitoes, I know I can't. However it's hard for me to say how much hotter it gets going inland in Florida. Is it like California weather where two miles in it's practically Arizona or Nevada?
Phoenix summers, on the other hand, aren't broken up with weather changes. You have May-July of pure sun, 11% humidity, not a single cloud in the sky. August is monsoon season, which is my favorite time of the year. Then September comes and it's hot, sunny, and dry again. Phoenix at night time is the best in the summers. Phoenix is pretty reliably hot and sunny for a good amount of the year, which I think is a pro. I used to work outside in Phoenix in a labor-intensive job and I was able to tolerate it with an icy cold beverage at all times. Also started my ice chewing habit but I can't get over it now... It's easier to breathe here, too.
So my answer is this. If you can live within a mile or two from the coast then it probably is better than Phoenix. However if you don't, then Phoenix is better.
I agree. In Florida, it is definitely live by the coast or bust. But, if you do live by the coast, the heat and humidity are tempered by the sea breeze plus you have access to the water and beaches. Coastal Florida definitely beats Phoenix. Phoenix might beat inland Florida though.
Tampa stays rather mild for Florida year round. In Phoenix I feel like anyone is about to blow up at any time during the summer since it's so hot and dry.
I agree. In Florida, it is definitely live by the coast or bust. But, if you do live by the coast, the heat and humidity are tempered by the sea breeze plus you have access to the water and beaches. Coastal Florida definitely beats Phoenix. Phoenix might beat inland Florida though.
Nope, even inland FL still gets plentiful soaking thunderstorms in summer to cool the land.
Nope, even inland FL still gets plentiful soaking thunderstorms in summer to cool the land.
Sorry, rain just brings more humidity and bugs. PHX's climate is far more ideal than anything Florida has to offer. And as an added bonus, we can drive just 1 hour and be in a completely different temp zone. Heck, just Saturday night I drove from central Scottsdale where it was 85 degrees, and just 20 minutes later up in the mountains outside of town it was 69 degrees. Try that in Tampa. Oh, and it was 15% humidity. Suck on that, Florida.
In the middle of summer both are miserable. The dry heat argument is null and void when temperatures are north of 100 F.
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