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Would you rather an equatorial climate where it's always hot - Singapore or Manaus, or one where it's usually never warm, like some cool temperate climates like Dundee, Scotland, or Invercargill, New Zealand? Let's compare temperature only. Both climates tend to be on the wet side.
I think I'd pick the climate that was always warm, even though it's far from my favourite. I like being able to go out in shorts and a T-shirt and thongs, while in a place like Invercargill, only exceptionally warm summer days are 'beach weather.'
I'd choose Singapore over 85% of climates, the remaining 15% being sunny tropical wet-and-dry climates.
On the other hand, I would chose 85% of climates over high latitude, perpetually cool and gloomy oceanic climates, the remaining 15% being subarctic/polar/etc
The cool temperate one for sure. Equatorial climates are uncomfortably hot for me all the time, whereas a cool temperate one would at least have comfortable summer-like weather (well, summer-like for me anyway), even if it does last too long and there isn't much of a winter.
But since neither of them has anything close to my ideal winter, I have to choose based on which one is cooler, or closer to my ideal. Something like Dundee or Invercargill is far superior to Singapore for me.
It might be a struggle to live at stations on/near the equator at times...but I can think of nothing more depressing than living in a summerless high latitude cool temperate climate like Dundee or Scotland.
I place oceanic above any climate with arctic in its name, and a bit above continental, though it depends on the area ( it would be a tough call choosing between, say, Chicago and the Shetlands ), but below almost every other climate category except some areas of very cold desert and steppe.
Equatorial climates are a little less interesting for me than some Tropical monsoonal and savannah climate, and some of the warmer subtropics, but better than almost all every other climate.
It might be a struggle to live at stations on/near the equator at times...but I can think of nothing more depressing than living in a summerless high latitude cool temperate climate like Dundee or Scotland.
Some people in the highlands felt differently, but yes!
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