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> We’ll ignore any other weather characteristics like humidity, rain, wind, diurnal temperature difference, etc. I chuckled at this. Ignoring factors like humi

> We’ll ignore any other weather characteristics like humidity, rain, wind, diurnal temperature difference, etc. I chuckled at this. Ignoring factors like humidity, rain, wind, and number of sunny days gives you a very distorted vision of the weather in a given place.

avereveard 4y ago
Yeah, not surprising to see Dublin surface in a good weather list built off temperatures alone, and yet the weather is piss poor for 49/52 weeks a year.
- ihateolives 4y ago
  Of the places I've been Dublin has the most stable weather except perhaps Canary islands, but the difference is that Dublin has stable and shitty weather while Canary islands have stable and nice. I love Ireland but couldn't live there full time.
  - rootw0rm 4y ago
    of the many excellent comments for this story, yours made me laugh the hardest, haha.
- almostarockstar 4y ago
  I currently live in Dublin, I think you are exaggerating quite a bit. There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc) but the weather is absolutely not on that list. Dublin has about 130 rainfall days each year, and most of those are in the winter. Most days are mild and dry. The weather is warm and pleasant enough to enjoy water sports year-round. I spend most of my recreation time during the winter in a wetsuit without a hood. We don't get heavy snow, extreme cold/heat, hurricane force winds, or flooding. Overall, I think the weather here is better than most people give it credit for.
  - returningfory2 4y ago
    For me the problem with Ireland's weather is the lack of sunshine. It gets about 1500 hours of sunshine a year, compared to 2500 in New York and over 3000 in California. Growing up in Ireland I didn't identify this as a problem, but after moving to the US I realized that lots of sun, even on freezing days, is just so nice.
    - ihateolives 4y ago
      Last year Dublin had 26° C "heatwave" and people were complaining. I'd take it over 16° intermittent rain any day.
  - avereveard 4y ago
    I've lived in Dublin enough to get depression and gtfo the weather, even when it's not rainy, it's ofter miserable, with very low overcast that gives us southerner an unredeemable sense of oppression. > hurricane force winds my worst landing ever were all clustered around the dublin airport. gusts up to 100/130 aren't as uncommon as you make it to be. and all the people I knew that indulged in water sport did so with thick wetsuites
  - bogomipz 4y ago
    >"There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc)" I was kind of surprised to see poor public transport on your list as it's a major European city. Is this true of the whole city or just certain parts?
    - avereveard 4y ago
      the city center and surrounding area is very well connected, but Dublin has a large, sprawling suburban area which while connected, has very infrequent connections. the public transit services also disappears for almost all intended purposes at night, which is weird for a very international capital with such a vibrant night life. and taxis often refuse courses outside the inner city, albeit that has been changing with ubers and whatnot.
- nixass 4y ago
  Even the weather is miserable in Dublin, there's a ton of other more miserable things about that city. It's just combination of everything awful
cush 4y ago
> we'll ignore the weather
rob74 4y ago
Well, that's oceanic vs. continental climate for you: a large mass of water nearby (preferably to the East) tends to even out temperature differences, but you also get a lot of moisture. You can't have everything, as they say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_climate I'm quite surprised Quito (capital of Ecuador) didn't come up however: it's near the Equator, so constant temperatures, and at very high altitude, which reduces the temperature to pleasant levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito#Climate).
- FabHK 4y ago
  Exactly. Quito and (very similarly) Medellin missing? Huge red flag. The methodology is very clearly flawed; maybe amusing as a programming exercise, but of no value in determining where one wants to live.
  - mtalantikite 4y ago
    Yeah I came here to say the same. Medellin has some of the nicest weather of anywhere I've ever been, and it's like that all year long. As a New Yorker, I personally like some variation of the seasons, but I guess if I lived in Medellin I could always head up to the Caribbean coast for some beach weather.
    - gfarah 4y ago
      Medellín is also a short 15 minutes drive from a much colder weather going up into the mountains (Alto de las Palmas, Llanogrande, etc)
- throw0101a 4y ago
  > Well, that's oceanic vs. continental climate for you: a large mass of water nearby Toronto is right on Lake Ontario which, at least for the old city, moderates weather a lot compared to just 100-200 km north of the city. Things can change quite a bit by the time you get to Lake Simcoe, or to the west (Guelph-London-Owne Sound triangle).

avereveard 4y ago

Yeah, not surprising to see Dublin surface in a good weather list built off temperatures alone, and yet the weather is piss poor for 49/52 weeks a year.

ihateolives 4y ago
Of the places I've been Dublin has the most stable weather except perhaps Canary islands, but the difference is that Dublin has stable and shitty weather while Canary islands have stable and nice. I love Ireland but couldn't live there full time.
- rootw0rm 4y ago
  of the many excellent comments for this story, yours made me laugh the hardest, haha.
almostarockstar 4y ago
I currently live in Dublin, I think you are exaggerating quite a bit. There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc) but the weather is absolutely not on that list. Dublin has about 130 rainfall days each year, and most of those are in the winter. Most days are mild and dry. The weather is warm and pleasant enough to enjoy water sports year-round. I spend most of my recreation time during the winter in a wetsuit without a hood. We don't get heavy snow, extreme cold/heat, hurricane force winds, or flooding. Overall, I think the weather here is better than most people give it credit for.
- returningfory2 4y ago
  For me the problem with Ireland's weather is the lack of sunshine. It gets about 1500 hours of sunshine a year, compared to 2500 in New York and over 3000 in California. Growing up in Ireland I didn't identify this as a problem, but after moving to the US I realized that lots of sun, even on freezing days, is just so nice.
  - ihateolives 4y ago
    Last year Dublin had 26° C "heatwave" and people were complaining. I'd take it over 16° intermittent rain any day.
- avereveard 4y ago
  I've lived in Dublin enough to get depression and gtfo the weather, even when it's not rainy, it's ofter miserable, with very low overcast that gives us southerner an unredeemable sense of oppression. > hurricane force winds my worst landing ever were all clustered around the dublin airport. gusts up to 100/130 aren't as uncommon as you make it to be. and all the people I knew that indulged in water sport did so with thick wetsuites
- bogomipz 4y ago
  >"There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc)" I was kind of surprised to see poor public transport on your list as it's a major European city. Is this true of the whole city or just certain parts?
  - avereveard 4y ago
    the city center and surrounding area is very well connected, but Dublin has a large, sprawling suburban area which while connected, has very infrequent connections. the public transit services also disappears for almost all intended purposes at night, which is weird for a very international capital with such a vibrant night life. and taxis often refuse courses outside the inner city, albeit that has been changing with ubers and whatnot.
nixass 4y ago
Even the weather is miserable in Dublin, there's a ton of other more miserable things about that city. It's just combination of everything awful

cush 4y ago

> we'll ignore the weather

rob74 4y ago

Well, that's oceanic vs. continental climate for you: a large mass of water nearby (preferably to the East) tends to even out temperature differences, but you also get a lot of moisture. You can't have everything, as they say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_climate I'm quite surprised Quito (capital of Ecuador) didn't come up however: it's near the Equator, so constant temperatures, and at very high altitude, which reduces the temperature to pleasant levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito#Climate).

FabHK 4y ago
Exactly. Quito and (very similarly) Medellin missing? Huge red flag. The methodology is very clearly flawed; maybe amusing as a programming exercise, but of no value in determining where one wants to live.
- mtalantikite 4y ago
  Yeah I came here to say the same. Medellin has some of the nicest weather of anywhere I've ever been, and it's like that all year long. As a New Yorker, I personally like some variation of the seasons, but I guess if I lived in Medellin I could always head up to the Caribbean coast for some beach weather.
  - gfarah 4y ago
    Medellín is also a short 15 minutes drive from a much colder weather going up into the mountains (Alto de las Palmas, Llanogrande, etc)
throw0101a 4y ago
> Well, that's oceanic vs. continental climate for you: a large mass of water nearby Toronto is right on Lake Ontario which, at least for the old city, moderates weather a lot compared to just 100-200 km north of the city. Things can change quite a bit by the time you get to Lake Simcoe, or to the west (Guelph-London-Owne Sound triangle).