The nicest climate you visited

Padster90s

So this weather has us all a bit depressed! Why don't we all reminisce about the nicest climates we've lived in or visited.
For me the nicest climate I've been to is the North Island of New Zealand. Never to hot at around 26 in Summer and never to cold at 14/15 in Winter. Summer also stretches on longer than 3 months, usually late November to early April.

Gonzo

for me its southern Spain, winter stays mild and mostly dry at around 17C and summer is very warm between 28 and 32C mostly but certain days can reach up to 40C and even beyond, while that sounds very hot it's easy to cool off with air conditioning, pools and the sea and never feels as humid as warm weather in Ireland.

Walter H Price

Madeira its always kinda the mid twenties , sunny ,but with a cool Atlantic breeze ... perfect temperature for me now , been there before in January , April , June and August and going back in September this year and its always the same.

cherryghost

Any of the med in September is perfect.

from_atozinc

I'm not really answering the question here........ im in Villamoura near Faro in Portugal for the last 10 days and to be honest it's just too hot. Was at beach yesterday and the sand was just boiling. Even sauntering to the shop at 9am in morning and I am sweating. Just finding it unbearably hot.
It's 30+ most days.

Maderia and New Zealand sound nice.

sryanbruen

Gonzo wrote: »

for me its southern Spain, winter stays mild and mostly dry at around 17C and summer is very warm between 28 and 32C mostly but certain days can reach up to 40C and even beyond, while that sounds very hot it's easy to cool off with air conditioning, pools and the sea and never feels as humid as warm weather in Ireland.

Yep southern Spain ftw!

sryanbruen

cherryghost wrote: »

Any of the med in September is perfect.

OR Ireland (in recent years) :pac::p.

Mantis Toboggan

My favourite would be South Germany around Memmingen, lovely warm summers, typically 5 months long, some rain to keep everything really green, winters heavy falls on snow. Summers are lovely but not too hot, winters spent skiing in the alps! That would be my heaven.

noel100

Northern Spain Santander on the coast absolutely nicest weather ever.....

intheclouds

Lanzarote for me.

Pretty much the same temp year round - 26ish, with seasonal breezes requiring a light evening jacket.

Never too hot and never cold.

sryanbruen

intheclouds wrote: »

Lanzarote for me.

Pretty much the same temp year round - 26ish, with seasonal breezes requiring a light evening jacket.

Never too hot and never cold.

No thank you . Lanzarote was way too hot for me.

Mankyspuds

19-20 degrees, slight breeze, perfect.

Love a good storm though, would take a 60mph wind and driving rain over any stinky 40 degree heatwave.

737max

Southern Germany.
Predictable weather with rain coming in the evenings. same volume as Ireland but just coming in greater volume and at more convenient times.
Summers not too hot. Winters can drop below zero but not too much moisture in the air to cause hard frost and no wind to fillet you.

Balmed Out

Venezuela or Colombia nice and warm year round as close to equator without the hurricanes

Dr Crayfish

Yes I spent a summer and winter in North Island of NZ, the summer was great. It's kind of like how Ireland would be if we got decent weather consistently every summer, enough rainfall to keep the place as green as here but way more sun, and the winters are a piece of p*ss. Ideally I'd like to live somewhere where it just never gets cold, so somewhere near the equator I guess.

Jimmy Garlic

737max wrote: »

Southern Germany.
Predictable weather with rain coming in the evenings. same volume as Ireland but just coming in greater volume and at more convenient times.
Summers not too hot. Winters can drop below zero but not too much moisture in the air to cause hard frost and no wind to fillet you.

Biblical floods there recently so the rain isn't that predictable.

737max

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Biblical floods there recently so the rain isn't that predictable.

The rain it predictable and those towns are not too far away from me.
If you choose to live at the bottom of a valley which was carved out by rains you can expect to be washed away.

Shint0

I researched this topic before and the Canaries always seems to top a lot of polls in terms of one of the best world climates which is why I started spending a lot of time in that direction with a view to possibly moving there. Unfortunately, I probably couldn't find myself living in most parts of it year round except for maybe Las Palmas in Gran Canaria seems like a liveable city.

San Diego (U.S.) also has a great climate and would feature highly in polls as well. We have talked about possibly moving there at various stages but for the moment staying put in Ireland.

Red Kev

Foothills of the French Pyrennees. Lovely, warm summers, but 28-30 is the max most days, occasionally it will go above. Loads and loads of clear blue skies all year round , with the odd grey, overcast day.

Snow in winter (though they get a lot less than before), which tends to last a couple of weeks ,then stays frozen till early spring, with the odd snowfall in between. Cold, but a dry cold, not the miserable damp shyte that we can get here.

Plenty of sun and precipitation means it's green all year round, gets a little bit brown in late summer if it's been hot, and if it's too hot a quick dip in one of the thousands of glacier fed streams will cool you down.

Cheap place to live as well if you stay out of the touristy spots.

Dr Crayfish

Red Kev wrote: »

Foothills of the French Pyrennees. Lovely, warm summers, but 28-30 is the max most days, occasionally it will go above. Loads and loads of clear blue skies all year round , with the odd grey, overcast day.

Snow in winter (though they get a lot less than before), which tends to last a couple of weeks ,then stays frozen till early spring, with the odd snowfall in between. Cold, but a dry cold, not the miserable damp shyte that we can get here.

Plenty of sun and precipitation means it's green all year round, gets a little bit brown in late summer if it's been hot, and if it's too hot a quick dip in one of the thousands of glacier fed streams will cool you down.

Cheap place to live as well if you stay out of the touristy spots.

My folks used to live near Perpignan, the problem there is the bloody Mistral, it's said to have driven Van Gogh insane and I can understand why, it's relentless when it gets going.

Pat Dunne

intheclouds wrote: »

Lanzarote for me.

Pretty much the same temp year round - 26ish, with seasonal breezes requiring a light evening jacket.

Never too hot and never cold.

Over the years I experienced 40C in August, Playa Blanca and 11C in Feb in Puerto del Carmen. Had to wear me Irish winter jumper for the entire week night and day

Padster90s

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Yes I spent a summer and winter in North Island of NZ, the summer was great. It's kind of like how Ireland would be if we got decent weather consistently every summer, enough rainfall to keep the place as green as here but way more sun, and the winters are a piece of p*ss. Ideally I'd like to live somewhere where it just never gets cold, so somewhere near the equator I guess.

To be honest, NZ North Island doesn't really have seasons. They have the warm half of the year and the not as warm half. Interesting to see the US hasn't featured apart from San Diego. Someone mentioned Venezuela there, I've been in the Southern Caribbean, the rainy season can be a killer with humidity.

JCX BXC

sryanbruen wrote: »

No thank you . Lanzarote was way too hot for me.

What! Lanzarote rarely gets temperatures of 30c+! Most of the time its between 25-30, very manageable.

fits

Was in Northern Spain last week. Sunny days are warm, but gets enough rain that the landscape is lush and green. Really liked it.

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

What! Lanzarote rarely gets temperatures of 30c+! Most of the time its between 25-30, very manageable.

Nope it does not :pac:. I went to it in the worst possible month, August (in 2014) and temperatures were not below 30c any day, reaching 36c on my second day there.

kingshankly

Got to be bray everytime someone on here is from bray it's sunny and low twenties and that's in January

Mantis Toboggan

kingshankly wrote: »

Got to be bray everytime someone on here is from bray it's sunny and low twenties and that's in January

That's probably Fahrenheit!

anothernight

I'm surprised at all the people saying Spain. I used to live there, and I would say the Irish climate is much better! I didn't like the very high humidity at times, but it certainly beats the sweltering heat of a summer in Spain.

For me the nicest climate is in my bit of England. Cold but not too cold winters (enough for snow but without needing a shovel), hot enough summers without killing me with heat. Defined seasons, but none of them harsh with the right clothing.

JCX BXC

I like the drizzle and poor weather, I find it very relaxing, it's so much easier to relax with a cup of tea on a chair, or get some productive work done than on a hot sunny day.

The Irish climate, with a few supplementary trips abroad each year is in my opinion, the best climate. I could not cope in a hot climate, where the weather is almost never rainy or drizzly.

HandsomeDan

Honestly the irish climate suits me better than anywhere else ive lived. Hot weather gets old fast.

Kalyke

The Azores.

JCX BXC

sryanbruen wrote: »

Nope it does not :pac:. I went to it in the worst possible month, August (in 2014) and temperatures were not below 30c any day, reaching 36c on my second day there.

Must have arrived during a heatwave! The moderating northerlies through June and July make it well comfortable.

Currently in Turkey, where it reached 35c on Tuesday. The sickening thing is that the dew point can go from 10c to 25c in less than 30mins.

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

Must have arrived during a heatwave! The moderating northerlies through June and July make it well comfortable.

Currently in Turkey, where it reached 35c on Tuesday. The sickening thing is that the dew point can go from 10c to 25c in less than 30mins.

Don't get me started on that fecking dew point, OMG!!! Yes, it felt actually cool for a time on my third day there during the morning and then by midday, it felt like the warmest day of my holiday ffs. And don't forget the 40s recorded in May 2015!

Shint0

kingshankly wrote: »

Got to be bray everytime someone on here is from bray it's sunny and low twenties and that's in January

Tyson Fury wrote: »

That's probably Fahrenheit!

That's probably the heat on Fassaroe.

The climate here would be great if there were slightly extended summers with less cloud cover and rain in winter. The winter months have definitely got milder here which is a plus.

Mafra

Just spent the last 3 weeks in south east Spain, average of 32 degrees, got to 38 one day and 36 another. More like July temps.
Switzerland has the perfect weather in my opinion. Four seasons.
Lovely warm summers of temps well into the 20's generally. Snowy winters with skiing on most doorsteps. Bliss!

Shint0

Mafra wrote: »

Just spent the last 3 weeks in south east Spain, average of 32 degrees, got to 38 one day and 36 another. More like July temps.
Switzerland has the perfect weather in my opinion. Four seasons.
Lovely warm summers of temps well into the 20's generally. Snowy winters with skiing on most doorsteps. Bliss!

Swiss is bliss but I probably wouldn't be able to hack the snow in winter although Basel has a nice microclimate. Give me Switzerland end of May/start of June when the the snow melts and the waterfalls gush.

snowstreams

Hawaii has a nice climate too. Maritime tropical, so not too hot although it is humid there.
The climate varies a lot on different parts of the islands too, from wet & drizzly to dry and semi arid, so you can drive around the islands to get a bit of different types of weather.

bnt

I thought the South of Spain was good, but the South of France was a bit better, specifically the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur). It has the added bonus that you can head for the hills if the heat is a bit much, and the Alps aren't that far away. I found the locals to be much nicer than Parisians, too.

Autonomous Cowherd

Oh Jaze, this thread is making me wish I had money.

Mafra

Heading to inland California in 2 weeks time. It's been in the 40's there for the past couple of weeks. Now that's very hot and very dry. Complete parched desert.
The best climate has to be tropical, like the Maldives. Warm, if a little humid but plenty of sunshine all year round, rain to make beatiful colours in flowers but cooling sea breezes so it's always more than bearable. When it rains, it rains but it does it in one go and gets it out of its system and back to blue skies and ivory sands.

Tigerandahalf

I think Northern Spain has a great climate. It gets the 4 seasons - warm sunny weather in summer with lovely cooler mornings and evenings. It is also not the tourist trap that a lot of other locations are.
Options for skiing then in the winter and some fabulous landscapes, culture and food with a good diversity between the different regions.

It also has the lovely green landscapes. I have driven and walked through some of it and it is a place I would love to have grown up in.
I loved going past some houses and seeing the logs piled up against the walls of the houses ready to provide heat for the winter.

Ireland doesn't really have a climate - just 10c difference between summer and winter.
I guess our climate is good to work in though as you can't exactly head off to the beach and we don't get extremes meaning you can work outside at any time of the year.

North island of NZ sounds ideal but very far away.

bnt

I was happier on the Côte d'Azur than the Costa del Sol, but haven't spent a lot of time at either. I've spent more time in Florida (Jacksonville) than either, two weeks in September and two in December. I was told that I arrived in September just as the worst of the heat was easing off, so I didn't experience it at its hottest.

I agree with the point about humidity: I've felt worse in Toronto in May about 10y ago, when the temperature was 20°C but the humidity was 100%. I was walking around inside a cloud, the visibility was near zero with all the haze. Conversely, I've been for long walks in both Houston and Dubai in the summer time, with the temperature pushing 40°C in both cases, and was fine because I was covered and hydrating - and the humidity was more normal.

Jpmarn

I was on the Costa Del Sol near Malaga on the last week of October 2014. Exactly a year later I went to Nice. The weather was about the same except for some rain in Nice. The sea water at Nice was nicer to swim in than the Costa del Sol.