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Very nice climate, better than Auckland, sunnier with long warmer summer, much drier too.
It almost mediteranean-like, I think it gives places in California a run for their money
The North Island east coast has some nice climates. Not as sunny as further south, but noticeably warmer and drier than here.
Most of Eastern NZ, gets a dryish to very dry look during summers, even as far south as Dunedin. I'm used to Americans here talking about The wine growing areas here, looking like California "Wine Country"
There are quite a few Californians around here and I've heard many comment on similarities between the climates. Not really on specifics like temp/rainfall etc, but more the slow change of the seasons and the long periods of comfortable weather. Generally they seem to like the regular summer rainfall here and many seem to like the quick change/more varied aspect of the NZ climate. Cooler nights here seem to be the main complaint.
Canada isn't warm and i'll never live there because of that.
Perhaps for you it's so, but for me summers in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal are quite hot. I haven't been to either of this cities (as well as I haven't been in Canada at all), but their summers are as warm as my city.
Many parts of SE and SW Canada are rather pleasant for anyone used to a climate with four distinct seasons. I would prefer it to boring Florida or California anytime...
Canada has four distinct seasons... Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
Sounds funny Of course it's not true. When you look at some place like Edmonton, it has a 3-month summer (June, July, August), before that a 2-month spring and after summer a 2-month fall, and then a 5-month winter. That is pretty much the same as in Central Europe where I grew up. The perfect climate, especially on the northern hemisphere where winter is centered around Christmas. In the south 5 months of cold winter would be a bit long as there is no event associated with it.
Yeah, that saying is silly, especially when applied to Minnesota or New England, because these places still have warm, very warm or even hot summers, certainly warmer than what I'm used to.
Yeah, that saying is silly, especially when applied to Minnesota or New England, because these places still have warm, very warm or even hot summers, certainly warmer than what I'm used to.
Except for the winter, I assume, which is extraordinarily mild in Britain, 8 or 9° during the day. It's almost as if there is no real winter in most parts of Britain But it is a bit dark and gloomy, much more so than in Canada or the northern US.
Sunshine doesn't count for much. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, gets more hours of sunshine in the winter than Kelowna, British Columbia, but I've never heard anyone in Kelowna pine for a Yellownife winter.
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Of course it's not true. When you look at some place like Edmonton, it has a 3-month summer (June, July, August), before that a 2-month spring and after summer a 2-month fall, and then a 5-month winter. That is pretty much the same as in Central Europe where I grew up. The perfect climate, especially on the northern hemisphere where winter is centered around Christmas. In the south 5 months of cold winter would be a bit long as there is no event associated with it.
But it is a bit dark and gloomy, much more so than in Canada or the northern US.
