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Not Canada but Central Europe. It wouldn't be that bad if the humidity wasn't so high. I remember visiting Acropolis of Athens some years ago and it was 38C in

Not Canada but Central Europe. It wouldn't be that bad if the humidity wasn't so high. I remember visiting Acropolis of Athens some years ago and it was 38C in shadows. Yet the salty wind from the sea + the low humidity made it much more bearable than this.

kergonath 5y ago
This. London is a hellhole when it’s bloody 33. OTOH, the Mediterranean is much more bearable at the same temperature.
- anthk 5y ago
  >, the Mediterranean is much more bearable at the same temperature. I am not so sure about that. I live in the Atlantic part of Spain (Basque Country), and once I reached Barcelona the mix of humidity and heat was far worse than the Bay of Biscay, if not more, even if the Atlantic Spain has almost the same weather as London with even more rain on average. If you meant "Continental Mediterran climate" such as Madrid or the Castilles (the furthest place in Spain from the coast, thus, a really dry climate, think about the Castilles as a plateau with farms, wheat fields, villages and so on over kms and kms except Madrid being a megapolis), then you are right. 43C in a village/hamlet on Salamanca surrounded by what fields and no "modern" civ in 40kms can be much more bearable than 33C in Bilbao where the combo of humidity, being placed near the coast, a really rainy weather (more than London, I am not kidding) and the rest being surrundead by mountain peaks gives you a free sauna over 30C; or Barcelona/Valencia, these are cities built by the Mediterranean sea with really high humidity.
  - kergonath 5y ago
    I am more familiar with Provence and the West coast of Italy. My experience there is that the weather is quite dry. Particularly compared to London. Now that I think about it there might be something akin to katabatic winds because of the mountains nearby, bringing in drier air from the land. I’ve been to Barcelona and Madrid a couple of time but not enough to get an opinion (though I vividly remember being roasted to death in Granada). Humidity being lower in central Spain makes sense though, as it is higher in altitude and further from the sea. > more than London, I am not kidding I can believe that. It actually does not rain that much in London. But humidity is a still a problem, because the sea is very close and there is no continental mass from where dry air could come from.

kergonath 5y ago

This. London is a hellhole when it’s bloody 33. OTOH, the Mediterranean is much more bearable at the same temperature.

anthk 5y ago
>, the Mediterranean is much more bearable at the same temperature. I am not so sure about that. I live in the Atlantic part of Spain (Basque Country), and once I reached Barcelona the mix of humidity and heat was far worse than the Bay of Biscay, if not more, even if the Atlantic Spain has almost the same weather as London with even more rain on average. If you meant "Continental Mediterran climate" such as Madrid or the Castilles (the furthest place in Spain from the coast, thus, a really dry climate, think about the Castilles as a plateau with farms, wheat fields, villages and so on over kms and kms except Madrid being a megapolis), then you are right. 43C in a village/hamlet on Salamanca surrounded by what fields and no "modern" civ in 40kms can be much more bearable than 33C in Bilbao where the combo of humidity, being placed near the coast, a really rainy weather (more than London, I am not kidding) and the rest being surrundead by mountain peaks gives you a free sauna over 30C; or Barcelona/Valencia, these are cities built by the Mediterranean sea with really high humidity.
- kergonath 5y ago
  I am more familiar with Provence and the West coast of Italy. My experience there is that the weather is quite dry. Particularly compared to London. Now that I think about it there might be something akin to katabatic winds because of the mountains nearby, bringing in drier air from the land. I’ve been to Barcelona and Madrid a couple of time but not enough to get an opinion (though I vividly remember being roasted to death in Granada). Humidity being lower in central Spain makes sense though, as it is higher in altitude and further from the sea. > more than London, I am not kidding I can believe that. It actually does not rain that much in London. But humidity is a still a problem, because the sea is very close and there is no continental mass from where dry air could come from.