California vs South Europe: Climate Comparison

[GiCa]

So al NorthdelSur; .. I doubt San Diego and even Losangeles could be compared with Andalusia. Andalusia might be the most sunny place of Europe but I bet not as sunny as those places.

Thought I never been there nor in California. So I ask you: is the whole California comparable with south europe?

I mean San Francisco mostly yes with some Portuguese cities and the interior valley of California with normal standard med areas of south Europe.. But I doubt that more south than San Francisco the climate can be compared

[JohnSmith]

Does Europe have squirrels we have them all over the place.

[Melki]

So al NorthdelSur; .. I doubt San Diego and even Losangeles could be compared with Andalusia. Andalusia might be the most sunny place of Europe but I bet not as sunny as those places.

Thought I never been there nor in California. So I ask you: is the whole California comparable with south europe?

I mean San Francisco mostly yes with some Portuguese cities and the interior valley of California with normal standard med areas of south Europe.. But I doubt that more south than San Francisco the climate can be compared

I know both places: southern (as well as northern) California and Andalucia. I remember it was fucking hot and sunny in San Diego and L.A...and it was in January-February. I think the climate is much closer to Morocco than to Andalucia.

Does Europe have squirrels we have them all over the place.

Unfortunately, yes. Why unfortunately? Because the American gray squirrel is an invader that was introduced to Europe, and is now considered a pest because the native red squirrel can't compete and is progressively disappearing (already extinct in Britain).

[JohnSmith]

How about this American beasts they get in the garbage cans.

[alnortedelsur]

So al NorthdelSur; .. I doubt San Diego and even Losangeles could be compared with Andalusia. Andalusia might be the most sunny place of Europe but I bet not as sunny as those places.

Thought I never been there nor in California. So I ask you: is the whole California comparable with south europe?

I mean San Francisco mostly yes with some Portuguese cities and the interior valley of California with normal standard med areas of south Europe.. But I doubt that more south than San Francisco the climate can be compared

I didn't say that San Diego and Los Angeles have the same climate as the Andalusian coast. I just said that there is some parallelism (both are Mediterranean climates with very hot summers), but southern California is warmer than the Andalusian coasts, and is more comparable to Northern Morocco than to the Andalusian coast.

Regarding California as a whole, I already said there are similarities in some areas, compared to Spain/Portugal, like San Francisco having similar climate to the Central Portuguese coast (though not exactly the same, since Lisbon is warmer in summer than San Francisco), and the Valley of San Joaquin having a similar climate to the valley of Guadalquivir in Andalusia. However, the areas of western US with more similarities, climate wise with the continental interior of the Iberian peninsula, would be Salt Lake city (Utah) and surrounding areas, and probably Reno (Nevada) and surrounding areas, would be also a good candidate.

Regarding the rest of southern Europe, I guess the San Joaquin Valley and the coasts south of San Francisco (but not that south as Los Angeles) would also be similar, climate wise to the coastal Mediterranean climate of the Spanish coasts, and the Italian, Croatian, Albanian, and Greek coasts.

Continental California, Northern Nevada and southern Idaho (and probably the least arid parts of Utah) would be similar to the Spanish interior (Castilla La Mancha, Castilla Leon, La Rioja, Navarra, Aragon, Western Catalonia, the continental interior of the Basque Country, continental parts of inner Portugal, and even continental parts of inner Valencia and inner Andalusia) continental parts of Italy and Greece (maybe). And the interior of Washington and Oregon and most of Idaho would have similarities with the interior of Balkan countries (maybe).

And then, the coasal parts of Oregon and Washington states (and probably the northernmost Californian coasts) would be similar, climate wise, to the Northern Portuguese coast, and to the Spanish Cantabrian coast (from Galicia to Basque Country).

[Melki]

How about this American beasts they get in the garbage cans.

Beavers and moose are also indigenous to Eurasia. In Europe, moose are only found in Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, the Baltic states, Belarus and Poland. but in the Medieval period their native range included northestern France.

Racoons are not native species, but were introduced in Europe nonetheless, they are very common in Germany.

[zhaoyun]

Been to Spain, felt pretty similar to Southern California. It was during Fall.

[alnortedelsur]

Been to Spain, felt pretty similar to Southern California. It was during Fall.

Which part of Spain do you talk about?? because most of the interior of Spain has a way more temperate climate than southern California, and is way colder in winter than southern California, and the northern coastal regions of Spain have nothing to do, climate wise, with southern California, but have a climate way more similar to Portland or Seattle than to southern California.

[zhaoyun]

Which part of Spain you talk about?? because most of the interior of Spain has a way more temperate climate than southern California, and is way colder in winter than southern California, and the northern coastal regions of Spain have nothing to do, climate wise, with southern California, but have a climate way more similar to Portland or Seattle than to southern California.

Barca

[alnortedelsur]

Barca

Even Barcelona, being a coastal Mediterranean city, is noticeable colder in winter than Los Angeles, and that without mentioning that it's less dry compared to Los Angeles. I am sure that the city of Fresno, or some coastal place, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, would be more similar to Barcelona, climate wise, than Los Angeles.