Not technically travel but country/ area that fits the bill

tea and coffee

Can anyone recommend a country where the weather is hot year round (but realistically no more than 35 to 40 in summer if possible) with as long days as possible (think long evenings in Ireland in summer, bright til 10 or 11).
Preferably no more than 6 or 7 hours flight from Ireland.

This would be to live for retirement, not visit so safe as well.

Caranica

Off the top of my head Malta might fit the bill?

athlone573

Cornwall

StreetLight

Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands is nice.

athlone573

The Algarve

Great if you like golf apparently

tea and coffee

I had in my head South of France- love the lifestyle and french culture generally but might be still a little cool.

Spain ticks a lot of boxes. I've never actually been to the south of Spain but I have this, perhaps unfair, vision of a lot of expats from UK and Ireland, and I'd prefer to be a bit "further from home" psychologically. Perhaps I should visit first before casting aspersions...and maybe I would welcome that community in later years.

It isn't going to be bright till 11pm everyday OP.

0lddog

bubblypop wrote: »

It isn't going to be bright till 11pm everyday OP.

Bubble, er, burst


How about this place ?

tea and coffee

I should have clarified... I meant in summer. Places close to the equator are so lovely hot and sunny but darkness falls. Boom, and its pitch dark.

Get Real

Coastal Montenegro

Charles Babbage

tea and coffee wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a country where the weather is hot year round (but realistically no more than 35 to 40 in summer if possible) with as long days as possible (think long evenings in Ireland in summer, bright til 10 or 11).
Preferably no more than 6 or 7 hours flight from Ireland.

This would be to live for retirement, not visit so safe as well.

The length of the day is the same all over the world, it only a question of how it is distributed throughout the year.

At the time of year when days are long many countries are hot. But if you want stable temperatures then you have to sacrifice the variation in the length of the day.

Generally an island may be decent in winter, and not excessively hot in summer. So Sicily, Malta, Cyprus, Madeira etc.

0lddog

0lddog wrote: »

Bubble, er, burst


How about this place ?

Is it bright till 11 everyday? How?
Looks nice
Where?

Get Real

Get Real wrote: »

Coastal Montenegro

Cold in winter!

LessOutragePlz

Portugal

0lddog

bubblypop wrote: »

Is it bright till 11 everyday? How?
....

Of course its not ! ( per your post - 'n my recco -, it cant be )


Region : Teno ( e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsInq3a5W7M )

goingnowhere

Malta would be a good bet, Euro, use the same power sockets as us, English is an official language and its EU so you no hassles with visas etc...

Ok not great criteria but you don't want hassle

iradzen

tea and coffee wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a country where the weather is hot year round (but realistically no more than 35 to 40 in summer if possible) with as long days as possible (think long evenings in Ireland in summer, bright til 10 or 11).
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This is not possible by default- you only can have long evenings in Countries far from Equator, eg. in Finland & North Russia you might even have white nights when sun is not going behind the horizon, but this is obviously not matches your criteria "hot year round", so you either need to stick to Mediterranean / Caribbean and dark evenings, or have cold winters... ... :rolleyes:

Basically, look at the globe - equator - day/night by 12 hours each whole year round, South/North Pole - 24 hours day light in Summer ( 21 JUN) and 24 hours dark in Winter ( 21 DEC) , and all in between gradually changing...