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I could not do it. I was born in Delhi but moved to the UK early on. Even the UK is too hot for me... I've been thinking about moving to Scandinavia.

Y-bar 4y ago
You're welcome, but it's getting worse here as well. The western part gets warmer and wetter and the eastern part warmer and drier. Currently advances in agricultural tech keeps grain output in check despite the problems arising from climate change, but at some time the threshold will be reached were no amount of improved planning/machinery/fertiliser/.. usage will make up for record drought after record drought on our farming belts. Edit for sources from Norway: - https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-wetter https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-wet... > Climate change will also increase the risk of summer drought, particularly in southern and south-eastern Norway. And this is where most of the agriculture is. - https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-hotter https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-hot...
tintedfireglass 4y ago
Bengaluru always has the best weather in India
- ido 4y ago
  Might be best in India but still way too hot from a northern european prespective.
- thematrixturtle 4y ago
  Not anymore, alas, it's gotten far hotter than it used to be. https://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/urbanisation-high-land-surface-temperature-65541 https://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/urbanisation-high-land-s...
  - tintedfireglass 4y ago
    Yep 38C is really hot for bangalore
- vinni2 4y ago
  If you can tolerate the bad roads and traffic it’s a really pleasant city to live in weather wise at least in india.
masklinn 4y ago
> I've been thinking about moving to Scandinavia. Scandinavia has more extreme winters, but not significantly milder summers (unless you head quite a ways northwards). A better bet would probably be scotland or ireland.
- haunter 4y ago
  Azores too. Very nice place and pleasant weather (as least for now) if you can stand rain.
- dagw 4y ago
  Scandinavia has more extreme winters Depends very much where you are. Denmark and Southern Sweden hardly ever see any significant snow or cold these days.
  - masklinn 4y ago
    Right, but at that point you’re at what’s basically south england latitude and you have similar ranges of temperature. I assume GP is somewhere around London and wants a cooler location, which they wouldn’t really get, summer averages are pretty similar (though london has higher record highs).
    - dagw 4y ago
      Southern England is on the same latitude as Northern France. Copenhagen is on the same latitude as Glasgow.
ido 4y ago
I was likewise born in Israel (on the med coast, not as hot as India but hot nonetheless) and now live in northern Germany, among others also because of climate change fears.
- _glass 4y ago
  I live in Northern Germany, and I cherish the sun of Israel. But for example Hamburg looks not so good, re. flooding.
  - ido 4y ago
    Yeah I didn't mean Germany will go unscathed, just less so than hotter countries. And I think you only cherish the sun if you don't live there long term (especially during the summers).
    - _glass 4y ago
      I spent longer times working in Turkey and really enjoyed the 40C :D
      - ido 4y ago
        We might just have different tastes then! I really hate sweating so Berlin is great and it rarely gets really cold, even in winter it’s mostly above freezing most of the time.
lordnacho 4y ago
UK ain't that different from Scandi, they're both next to water keeping things moderate. Has there been a really bad heat wave in the UK lately? Doubt there's been anything like what we hear about in India. Top temperatures in the high 30s, yes one of two days are uncomfortable in London, but high 40s like Delhi sounds like you could actually be in danger.
- DrBazza 4y ago
  > Has there been a really bad heat wave in the UK lately? Around 2010 we hit 100F for the first time when there was a Europe-wide heatwave. The very south east corner of the UK closest to Europe (where I grew up), is getting worse year by year. When I was a kid in the 70s, we had one humid long summer in 1976. Now it's pretty much every other year, in the 30s for a few days and horribly humid. To make matters worse, in the pursuit of "green" policies, the government mandated better insulation for new build houses. Which is fine for most of the year. Except the "summer" now starts at the end of May and finishes in early October, and then insides of these new houses and flats can be over 30C, even at night. There's no UK policy for keeping houses cool in the summer, despite "literally everyone" talking about how the world is going to get warmer. Houses don't have to be painted white, or require solar panels, or passive heating. Just masses of insulation.
  - Mezzie 4y ago
    People really underestimate how environment and infrastructure can matter when it comes to heat/cooling. I'm a Michigander, and in my lifetime (I'm 33) our summers have changed from bearable without A/C (Temps topping out around 85-90 with 70% humidity for a day or two) to requiring it (weeks over 90 with high humidity). A major compounding factor is that almost none of our homes are designed for cooling. Tons of the houses don't have A/C, and in my case, our building is built out of solid brick and is insulated. The floor is all warm carpet. Air flow is non-existent. Once it heats up, it doesn't cool back down and it's unbearable.
    - DrBazza 4y ago
      That's pretty similar to here in south-east England, in particular with "new build" houses (anything built in the last 20 years, of which there are lots). I never saw A/C in the UK when I was younger, and in the last 5 years, I can point out a good dozen houses within walking distance of my house that has had units added. We're going to be one of those shortly.

Y-bar 4y ago

You're welcome, but it's getting worse here as well. The western part gets warmer and wetter and the eastern part warmer and drier. Currently advances in agricultural tech keeps grain output in check despite the problems arising from climate change, but at some time the threshold will be reached were no amount of improved planning/machinery/fertiliser/.. usage will make up for record drought after record drought on our farming belts. Edit for sources from Norway: - https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-wetter https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-wet... > Climate change will also increase the risk of summer drought, particularly in southern and south-eastern Norway. And this is where most of the agriculture is. - https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-hotter https://www.met.no/en/weather-and-climate/It-will-become-hot...

tintedfireglass 4y ago

Bengaluru always has the best weather in India

ido 4y ago
Might be best in India but still way too hot from a northern european prespective.
thematrixturtle 4y ago
Not anymore, alas, it's gotten far hotter than it used to be. https://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/urbanisation-high-land-surface-temperature-65541 https://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/urbanisation-high-land-s...
- tintedfireglass 4y ago
  Yep 38C is really hot for bangalore
vinni2 4y ago
If you can tolerate the bad roads and traffic it’s a really pleasant city to live in weather wise at least in india.

masklinn 4y ago

> I've been thinking about moving to Scandinavia. Scandinavia has more extreme winters, but not significantly milder summers (unless you head quite a ways northwards). A better bet would probably be scotland or ireland.

haunter 4y ago
Azores too. Very nice place and pleasant weather (as least for now) if you can stand rain.
dagw 4y ago
Scandinavia has more extreme winters Depends very much where you are. Denmark and Southern Sweden hardly ever see any significant snow or cold these days.
- masklinn 4y ago
  Right, but at that point you’re at what’s basically south england latitude and you have similar ranges of temperature. I assume GP is somewhere around London and wants a cooler location, which they wouldn’t really get, summer averages are pretty similar (though london has higher record highs).
  - dagw 4y ago
    Southern England is on the same latitude as Northern France. Copenhagen is on the same latitude as Glasgow.

ido 4y ago

I was likewise born in Israel (on the med coast, not as hot as India but hot nonetheless) and now live in northern Germany, among others also because of climate change fears.

_glass 4y ago
I live in Northern Germany, and I cherish the sun of Israel. But for example Hamburg looks not so good, re. flooding.
- ido 4y ago
  Yeah I didn't mean Germany will go unscathed, just less so than hotter countries. And I think you only cherish the sun if you don't live there long term (especially during the summers).
  - _glass 4y ago
    I spent longer times working in Turkey and really enjoyed the 40C :D
    - ido 4y ago
      We might just have different tastes then! I really hate sweating so Berlin is great and it rarely gets really cold, even in winter it’s mostly above freezing most of the time.

lordnacho 4y ago

UK ain't that different from Scandi, they're both next to water keeping things moderate. Has there been a really bad heat wave in the UK lately? Doubt there's been anything like what we hear about in India. Top temperatures in the high 30s, yes one of two days are uncomfortable in London, but high 40s like Delhi sounds like you could actually be in danger.

DrBazza 4y ago
> Has there been a really bad heat wave in the UK lately? Around 2010 we hit 100F for the first time when there was a Europe-wide heatwave. The very south east corner of the UK closest to Europe (where I grew up), is getting worse year by year. When I was a kid in the 70s, we had one humid long summer in 1976. Now it's pretty much every other year, in the 30s for a few days and horribly humid. To make matters worse, in the pursuit of "green" policies, the government mandated better insulation for new build houses. Which is fine for most of the year. Except the "summer" now starts at the end of May and finishes in early October, and then insides of these new houses and flats can be over 30C, even at night. There's no UK policy for keeping houses cool in the summer, despite "literally everyone" talking about how the world is going to get warmer. Houses don't have to be painted white, or require solar panels, or passive heating. Just masses of insulation.
- Mezzie 4y ago
  People really underestimate how environment and infrastructure can matter when it comes to heat/cooling. I'm a Michigander, and in my lifetime (I'm 33) our summers have changed from bearable without A/C (Temps topping out around 85-90 with 70% humidity for a day or two) to requiring it (weeks over 90 with high humidity). A major compounding factor is that almost none of our homes are designed for cooling. Tons of the houses don't have A/C, and in my case, our building is built out of solid brick and is insulated. The floor is all warm carpet. Air flow is non-existent. Once it heats up, it doesn't cool back down and it's unbearable.
  - DrBazza 4y ago
    That's pretty similar to here in south-east England, in particular with "new build" houses (anything built in the last 20 years, of which there are lots). I never saw A/C in the UK when I was younger, and in the last 5 years, I can point out a good dozen houses within walking distance of my house that has had units added. We're going to be one of those shortly.