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Well, that's oceanic vs. continental climate for you: a large mass of water nearby (preferably to the East) tends to even out temperature differences, but you also get a lot of moisture. You can't have everything, as they say.

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

I'm quite surprised Quito (capital of Ecuador) didn't come up however: it's near the Equator, so constant temperatures, and at very high altitude, which reduces the temperature to pleasant levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito#Climate).



Exactly. Quito and (very similarly) Medellin missing? Huge red flag.

The methodology is very clearly flawed; maybe amusing as a programming exercise, but of no value in determining where one wants to live.


Yeah I came here to say the same. Medellin has some of the nicest weather of anywhere I've ever been, and it's like that all year long.

As a New Yorker, I personally like some variation of the seasons, but I guess if I lived in Medellin I could always head up to the Caribbean coast for some beach weather.


Medellín is also a short 15 minutes drive from a much colder weather going up into the mountains (Alto de las Palmas, Llanogrande, etc)


> Well, that's oceanic vs. continental climate for you: a large mass of water nearby

Toronto is right on Lake Ontario which, at least for the old city, moderates weather a lot compared to just 100-200 km north of the city. Things can change quite a bit by the time you get to Lake Simcoe, or to the west (Guelph-London-Owne Sound triangle).




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