> Johannesburg's rival, Cape Town, would also lay claim to "great weather".
I lived in Cape Town. Would not live there again.
Winter is very very cold, it rains every single day and the wind is insane, making you need warmer clothing than you would think.
Summer is very dry, it never rains and the mountain keeps catching fire which gets spread by the constant high-speed winds.
There are advantages though: six months ago I had an opportunity to relocate to CT, and realised that with the amount of constant strong wind it gets, I might be able to live completely off-grid using 4 - 6 wind turbines on the roof of the house.
Cool rainy winters and hot dry summers are characteristic of the Mediterranean climate, which is often seen as "pleasant".
I thought you would mention that it can be hot in CT in Jan-Feb, in the 30-40C range. But it's a dry heat.
> Winter is very very cold
Since it does not freeze in CT, not that cold. Not even as cold as JHB.
> it rains every single day
It does not typically constant rain every day in CT in winter (it's nothing like London, Dublin or Seattle in that regard) instead, storms bring strong wind and rain very few days, which abates and clears before the next cold front. I find this preferable to e.g. London's "long months of grey drizzle and dark at 4pm". It's certainly more eventful.
Wind speed is also not constant, and depends on where exactly you are, some areas are sheltered, some spots are "high-sided vehicles will blow over when there's a storm".
I lived in Cape Town. Would not live there again.
Winter is very very cold, it rains every single day and the wind is insane, making you need warmer clothing than you would think.
Summer is very dry, it never rains and the mountain keeps catching fire which gets spread by the constant high-speed winds.
There are advantages though: six months ago I had an opportunity to relocate to CT, and realised that with the amount of constant strong wind it gets, I might be able to live completely off-grid using 4 - 6 wind turbines on the roof of the house.