California vs South Europe: Climate Comparison

[alnortedelsur]

The climates of California and southern Europe are comparable only to some extent. There is not any place in southern Europe (even the most arid areas of south eastern Spain) that are so arid and desert as the Mohave dessert, and even though Los Angeles and San Diego, are climate wise, comparable to coastal Andalusia, their climate is still more comparable to Northern Morocco than to the most southern Mediterranean coasts of Spain.

I would say that San Francisco has a very similar climate to Lisbon, in Portugal, that the San Joaquin Valley is very similar, climate wise, to the Valley of Guadalquivir, in Andalusia, and that there is no place in California with a climate comparable to the continental interior of Spain. I would say that Salt like city (Utah) and surrounding areas, would be the most comparable place in United states, to the Spanish Castilian plateaus, with the only difference that the Castilian plateaus would be a bit less dry, in comparison.

The coasts of the states of Washington and Oregon, would be comparable, climate wise, with the northern coasts of Portugal and Spain.

[Melki]

United States




Most of California seems to be Mediterranean in climate except for Southern California.



My state is Louisiana, it's humid subtropical. It's humid and hot here most of the year.

Mediterranean climate is also know as "dry subtropical climate" and is typically found at the mid-latitudes of the West coasts of each continent (California, Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Near-East, central Chile, Southwestern Australia and the southern tip of South Africa, whereas the humid subtropical climate is only found in the East coasts of each continent (the US southeastern corner, Rio de la Pata and southern Brazil, Southeastern Australia and the north of New Zealand, the southeastern corner of China anda big part of Japan and South Korea, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. According to Köppen's climate classification, this climate is also found around Toulouse in France, the Po River valley in Italy, the Danube valley in Romania, in Georgia and the Black Sea coast of Russia, and in some places in northern Turkey, although summers are never so hot and humid in these areas.

[JohnSmith]

Mediterranean climate is also know as "dry subtropical climate" and is typically found at the mid-latitudes of the West coasts of each continent (California, Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Near-East, central Chile, Southwestern Australia and the southern tip of South Africa, whereas the humid subtropical climate is only found in the East coasts of each continent (the US southeastern corner, Rio de la Pata and southern Brazil, Southeastern Australia and the north of New Zealand, the southeastern corner of China anda big part of Japan and South Korea, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. According to Köppen's climate classification, this climate is also found around Toulouse in France, the Po River valley in Italy, the Danube valley in Romania, in Georgia and the Black Sea coast of Russia, and in some places in northern Turkey, although summers are never so hot and humid in these areas.

Subtropical is more like Florida and humid ,,, Med is too dry to be subtropical. need to get closer to the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.

[Damião de Góis]

Lisbon is warmer than San Francisco despite being at roughly the same latitude (this will be shocking for GiCa). San Francisco is famous for its not so warm summers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate

Other coastal cities from here might approach that like Figueira da Foz, but certainly not Lisbon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figueira_da_Foz#Climate

[GiCa]

No.. No comparison between Los Angeles/San Diego and south europe. It s really too much hotter in southern california.. We don't have that Sun irradiance and e en vegetation

SoCal can be only compared to north africa and the middle east

California in the interior mountains has the Dfa climate that Is the continentali ed mediterranean climate; same as you find in Spain and Turkay and in a small point of interior sicily.

I don't know about Utah thought.

Indeed SoCal Is te both africa version of usa. Indeed the south al deserta are more in lone with the Sahara desert and nowhere in europe thre Is so hot and very sunny place

[GiCa]

Lisbon is warmer than San Francisco despite being at roughly the same latitude (this will be shocking for GiCa). San Francisco is famous for its not so warm summers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate

Other coastal cities from here might approach that like Figueira da Foz, but certainly not Lisbon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figueira_da_Foz#Climate

Could be. A i said i M not expert that s why i opene this thread.

I know that in SanFrancisco houses on the left side are Less valutabile than houses on the right side Because the left side take all the ocean humidity an fog while the right side doesn t

[JohnSmith]

Could be. A i said i M not expert that s why i opene this thread.

I know that in SanFrancisco houses on the left side are Less valutabile than houses on the right side Because the left side take all the ocean humidity an fog while the right side doesn t

The southwest has the ugly Stucco Architecture.

[Melki]

Subtropical is more like Florida and humid ,,, Med is too dry to be subtropical. need to get closer to the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.

Florida is not subtropical, it's fully tropical, especially its southern tip, Miami, the Everglades, the Keys...

Subtropical is still considered a temperate climate

Colored in yellow, the areas of the world with subtropical climates



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropics

Lisbon is warmer than San Francisco despite being at roughly the same latitude (this will be shocking for GiCa). San Francisco is famous for its not so warm summers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate

Other coastal cities from here might approach that like Figueira da Foz, but certainly not Lisbon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figueira_da_Foz#Climate

Exactly

[GiCa]

The southwest has the ugly Stucco Architecture.

That s because the SoCal needs an Arabegiant-North African architecture.. Ecayse of climate fitting-adaption

Yes the architecture correlates with climate.

You wouldn t find SoCal architecture in south Europe.. Only in Middle East and North Africa

[GiCa]

Already where I live the climate woul be similar maybe at most the the extreme north of California.

But more precisely the climate of Tuscany is most similar to the small Csa med climate areas of Oregon.. More or less where you find the town of Medford in Oregon.

California doesn t even comprehend all the south of Europe


Nah.. Washington state can be only compared to France