After a long time with perfect sunshines and temperatures, the clouds came back for a few days in the middle of August to Vancouver ! I should admit that Vancouver has greatly surprised me because I didn´t expect this great summer !
Of course, is not as hot as I would like..Everybody knows in Spain is hotter, but still, I think is a perfect temperature, neither too hot, nor cold ! Warm nice summer !
But what I wanter to share is that the other day I got surprised when talking with a few people from northern european countries told me that this weather is better than home. At some point, I thought they were kidding or they wanted to make fun of me, so I decided to take a look on the internet, and that´s what I found.
- Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, experiences the highest number of rainy days.It has a maritime climate due to Denmark being almost encircled by water.
- Amsterdam is the most humid city. The city experiences 214 rainy days a year.
- The european cities with the higher average of sunlight per day are Lisbon, Madrid and Athens (Also less rainy cities in Europe)
As I could realize, Vancouver with an average of 166 days of rain per year, has almost 100 days less of rain if you compare it with the 251 days per year of Copenhagen. Now I understand !!
If you compare it with the top 6 of this list I won´t call it Raincouver again !!
And I found this quite interesting because the Spaniards have the perception that Canada is a very cold and rainy country, and they don´t know those places in Europe have more rainy days per year !!
What do you think? Is the weather in Vancouver better, or at your home City?
My conclusion is that Vancouver is a perfect place, not too cold and not too hot. Warm temperatures in summer and enough sun !
Best,
Mercedes
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In Spain everybody has the mental image of Canada like the North Pole…even after 5 months here, and a perfect and sunny summer at Vancouver, my friends still advise my Irene please wear proper clothes, Canada is extremely cold!
Why? Easy answer! Everything is full of leaves! You can’t even see the sidewalk! It makes sense I know. This city is plenty of trees and in this time of the year all their leaves falls down! But still!
We have a saying in Madrid that say… “Del atletico se nace, del Real Madrid se hace” whose translation can be something like “Atletico´s fans were born to be fans, Real Madrid´s fan just become fans”. And that´s because the fans of Atletico are well-known everywhere for their fidelity and for being hopeful with the team even if the results are not as good as expected! If you support it, you will support forever!
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