Interesting Latitudes of Cities from Around the World

[@bmjv77]

Meteorologist here. You're completely wrong about why cities such as Chicago and Rome have different climates. Western Europe is a massive peninsula surrounded on all sides by warmer water. That plays a huge effect on the weather. Chicago is in the middle of a massive continent, with cold winds blowing down from Canada. Lake Michigan has very little to do with the reason Chicago is cold. Even in Europe, the further east you go, the more extreme the weather because you are moving further inland, away from the mitigating effects of warmer oceans.

[@andyjay729]

Yeah, looking at Google Street View images of much of eastern Europe, you'd think you were in Maine or Minnesota.

[@johnseurynck3720]

I think the Alps play a role … unlike the Rockies that run north to south, the Alps run east to west. They protect Italy from extreme cold wind from the North and allow warmer air from the Mediterranean. This is why you have palm trees in Milan and Lake Como and not in Milwaukee.

[@LANCELOT1911]

I assumed Rome was warmer in the winter compared to Chicago but didn't know there was a massive difference until looking it up. Rome's about 20 degrees (F) warmer on average in January than Chicago 😂.

[@zasachnas]

exactly! what in europe would be a big diffrence in tempersture spread among a few degrees lattitude, would be the same as the diffrence between Torronto and Dallas

[@davidjames3787]

@@johnseurynck3720 Similarly the Pyrenees and the Picos de Europa give most of Spain a warm dry climate. The coastal strip of Spain north of the Picos has a climate not too dissimilar to that of the UK.

[@PurpleStickman]

The lesson here is that europe is much northern than we think

[@mhdfrb9971]

And also, Europe is pretty warm for it's latitude

[@rhanson3244]

And stay in school

[@RyanS32]

​@mhdfrb9971 that is thanks to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean. Constantly transporting warmer waters from the Gulf of Mexico up along the eastern seaboard of the United States up to around North Carolina/Bermuda, and then over towards northwestern Europe.

[@girldaddividendinvestor]

Than YOU think. 😂

[@lioneldemun6033]

Yes and no. The whole south of Europe between 35° and 45° is at relatively low latitudes....and if you add the UK French Dutch and Spanish overseas, those are mostly subtropical/tropical

[@gregoryferraro7379]

That was really surprising! I'm really good at geography, and I know intellectually that Europe is farther north than it seems from my perspective in the US, but I still don't really internalize it. It's shocking to think Montréal and Venice are at the same line of latitude!

[@Luredreier]

Yep, living in Norway I'm north of quite a few parts of Greenland...

[@Ellestra]

Boston is South of Marseilles and the whole French Riviera

[@cokie4760]

Yep. But it also goes the other way. As a European, i live further north than half of Alaska, which i still struggle to grasp sometimes lol

[@venjo639]

The Gulf Stream make it possible. People in Norway don’t need to freeze that much like in northern Canada.

[@ianism3]

it's just an effect of the Gulf Stream/living near lots of water. Southern South America is the same distance from the equator as central Canada. while there is skiing down south, it's nowhere near as cold in the winter (or hot in the summer), because the nearby ocean regulates the temperature.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

I fondly remember the Englishman who as an aside mentioned that he could never live as far north as I do. He was amazed to learn that Winnipeg is closer to the Equator than all of Great Britain. Palm trees grow in Cornwall at latitudes further north than the boreal forest of southeastern Manitoba.

[@lioneldemun6033]

Cornwall is not further north than southern Manitoba. At 50°/51° it's exactly at the same latitude. But then the Okanagan valley at the same latitude has vineyards and a submediterranean climate and it's in CND !

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

@@lioneldemun603349.6.

[@kathrynstemler6331]

I saw a palm tree on the Isle of Skye once. Blew this Winnipegger’s mind.

[@cokie4760]

​@@kathrynstemler6331 That's an unfortunate nickname you guys have

[@pawelpap9]

Palm trees grow in Ireland.

[@masx4468]

I'm surprised you didn't mention how far east South America is compared to North America.

[@christopherx7428]

An interesting point that probably would have surprised many but the topic of the video was latitude, not longitude.

[@ianism3]

or how south South America is compared to Africa

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

Fly due south from Boston and you'll hit the Pacific near Peru.

[@jack2453]

Even more surprising is people confusing latitude with longitude.😸

[@trufflefur]

How much, 2 hours? Theres more difference within the US than north america vs south america

[@arichis]

The Venice-Montreal lattitude similarity is surprising considering how cold Montreal gets in the winter. Venice doesn't get super freezing in the winter, but the months of December through February are on average a couple of degrees colder than London which is further North. It also receives more annual precipitation. At the same time, Venice also has a much hotter summer and far more annual sunshine than London.

[@SylkaChan]

San Diego vs Atlanta is another strange example, the climate's are nothing like each other.

[@quinquedecem]

London is near Gulf Stream and the Gulf Stream brings mild climate.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

First of all, Venice lies right next to the Adriatic Sea, which helps moderate it's climate, while Montreal lies more inland. Besides, Montreal has a higher average elevation than Venice. Venice is totally at sea level, whereas Montreal gets all the way up to 700 feet

[@matthewviramontes3131]

​@@SylkaChanNo, it's not strange you genius. San Diego is a coastal city so it's climate is moderated by the ocean. Atlanta is way inland. Phoenix is also at a similar latitude as San Diego, but again, it's tucked way inland

[@quantumhelium]

Quasimodo predicted all of this. @@matthewviramontes3131

[@tomjames9674]

I was surprised when I first realised the entirety of Great Britain is north of the US/Canada border. Even London is further north than most major Canadian cities. I forget how far north we are due to the effects of the gulf stream giving us much milder weather.

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[@JasonMGrainger]

I live in Southwest Ontario, 42 Latitude. Where I live, we are further South than much of the USA. There are parts of California more North than us

[@fatles2008]

I've always said we could do with being 500 miles further south.

[@MarkusBoettner]

@@JasonMGrainger I was going to write something similar but less accurate. So, thank you. :) One of my favourite books is The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson, and he mentions something similar in the book, such as that most of California is further north than the most southern point of Canada. Can't remember exactly, but you said it. :) I am German and lived in Ireland for 11 years of my life. I knew the Dublin-Hamburg one. I lived in Galway in the west of Ireland which does not only share its latitude with Hamburg but also mirrors Hamburg's longitude and distance to GMT; Hamburg is east, Galway is west, same distance. The Venice-Montreal one I still find mind boggling.

[@aileenmarzanna]

Amsterdam, Berlin and Warsaw share a latitude of just a bit over 52 degrees. Gdynia, Poland not only has the same latitude as Ketchikan, Alaska, it also has the same solar noon in respect to their time zones.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

It is important to remember with these longitude/latitude comparisons that the climates are very different for places deep in the heart of a large continent. Summers are usually much hotter and winters more extreme . Whereas island Nations have a more equable climate with not so much contrast.

[@MrMackievelli]

Chicagos winter temperatures are cold because it is continental interior with a west-east wind prevalence which brings colder temps. Lake Michigan actually helps regulate its winter temps otherwise it would potentially get much colder in winter.

[@zachlafond2652]

No mountains to block anything. Polar air can just come rolling in from the north with nothing to stop it.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

And Chicago is higher elevation

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[@pepe-zg3pf]

600 ft in elevation doesn't really make a difference...

[@erik5374]

60° N is the border between several Canadian provinces and the territories. It runs through thousands of kilometers of vast nothingness in Canada. While in Europe, at a similar latitude, the cities of Bergen, Oslo, Stockholm, Uppsala, Helsinki, Tallinn and St Petersburg are located. There are some cities and towns near 60°N in European Russia as well, but in Siberia it’s taiga and tundra again for thousands of kilometers. The entire population of Canada's territories could fit into Zenit Stadium, which is only 3 km south from that latitude.

[@hanszickerman8051]

The southern tip of Greenland with it's huge ice sheath share the latitude.

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

And yet, at 45°, Ottawa has colder winter temps than the cities you named.

[@kahaag]

@@hanszickerman8051 And the Shetland Islands.

[@herzogsbuick]

Alaskan here, in Anchorage, 61 degrees, 13 minutes -- hello from the North! (our state motto is North to the Future, btw)

[@gaywizard2000]

Gulf stream .

[@darkyboode3239]

There’s this ocean current called the Gulf Stream which takes warm water from the Caribbean to the western coast of Europe. That’s why even though the North of the US and Southern Europe are the same latitude they have vastly different climates.

[@gaywizard2000]

Yes! Also interior north America is a continental climate, hot summer, cold winter, because oceans have a moderating effect. Vancouver is like England but most of the rest of Canada is like Russia.

[@romibob.5932]

What always got me is the UK is at the same latitude as Hudson Bay in Canada. One has Mild winters the other has polar bears.

[@AlexEssex8]

North Atlantic Drift and Gulf Stream…

[@romibob.5932]

Uh, yeah. The "why" wasn't the point here. Just that these latitude equivalences are interesting facts. Another, I would point out, is that most of South America is east of North America. It doesn't matter why. To head south from a large part of North America will place you in the southern Pacific, not South America. We were taught geography but things like this were never mentioned. That IS the point here.

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[@timetraveler2518]

My biggest surprise was that Reno, Nevada, is farther west than Los Angeles. Reno is located at 119°49' West, while Los Angeles is located at 118°14' West. 😯 Miami, Florida is farther west than Santiago, Chile. Wow! 😂 Thanks for this geography educational video. 👍🤠👍

[@matthewviramontes3131]

San Diego is 117° West. Lol

[@kingjamesfromthekingjamesbible]

Yup I remember learning that a while back and it stuck with me too

[@HaiLsKuNkY]

Almost the entire South America is further east than New York

[@campyhub]

Tampa, Florida is farther west than Cleveland.

[@mschwald]

I am by all means no expert, but I believe that a big reason for why Europe is generally hotter at these latitudes is due to the Gulf Stream. In fact the North Atlantic Drift, an extension of the Gulf Stream, brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to western Europe, moderating temperatures in countries like the United Kingdom and western France.

[@sans_hw187]

Even without the Gulf Stream Europe would have milder winters than the US East coast, for being on the west side of a continent. Just like Vancouver is warmer than Montreal in winter, and San Francisco warmer than DC, even though there is no Gulf Stream there.

[@broccolihighkicks708]

Europe also gets a lot of heat form the Sahara desert. A similar effect exist in the deserts of the Americas, but it is not as pronounced

[@ChristiaanHofman]

Still, don't underestimate the gulfstream

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

@@sans_hw187 "even though there is no Gulf Stream there." Mild winters on the west coast are due to a warm pacific current coming from Japan. It's the exact same principle as Europe.

[@WakandaleezaRazz]

@@broccolihighkicks708 so does Texas? We get Saharan dust ever summer that flies over the Atlantic

[@samfaught6458]

Chicago isn’t cold because of Lake Michigan. The prevailing winds blow west to east, and Lake Michigan east of Chicago. Furthermore, Chicago, when it’s really cold, is colder than freezing in the winter but Lake Michigan rarely freezes, and so its water is usually warmer than the air. The reason that Chicago gets cold in the winter is because it’s in the center of a large continent, whereas Rome is more influenced by the Mediterranean.

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

Good point. I thought of this as soon as I heard the bogus explanation about Chicago's cold temperatures.

[@yordaryperez7023]

BINGO! Also during winter chicago is being hit by the Arctic jet stream meanwhile Rome has a more milder winter because of the Mediterranean

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[@An-kw3ec]

The great lakes enhance snowfall similarly to japan, this is called "lake-sea effect snow", so even cities in europe with similar climate, snow still more likely to happen in chicago thanks to freezing air combined with fresh warm water vapor from the lakes. Places in Mongolia or central asia can get colder winters than many american cities but get much less snowfall fue to their low precipitation. So if cities like london or Amsterdam were colder they will probably have a lot of snow.

[@samfaught6458]

@@An-kw3ec Again, because of the prevailing winds blowing from the west or northwest, Chicago (and the whole western side of Lake Michigan) don't get nearly as much lake effect as Traverse City and Grand Rapids on the eastern side. Syracuse, which is southeast of Lake Ontario, also receives a lot of snow for this reason.

[@marthastewartschowchow]

“This one seriously shocks me. Dublin, Ireland and Hamburg, Germany.” Hun 🤨 why is that shocking

[@stevester9148]

As a Canadian who goes through harsh, snowy winters, it has indeed always blown my mind that England and Ireland are actually further North and barely even have winters.

[@bambino_88]

ocean climate tho. UK and Ireland are exceptions. the same latitude in mainland has normal winter.

[@brettbuck7362]

Great Britain is livable because of the Gulf Stream.

[@rasheedrehman4694]

This is win win situation for you.

[@kylerjones4411]

I've always found this stuff fascinating. I live near Toronto which i assume most people see as the frozen north. Fun fact, not far south of me is the southern most point of Canada - Pelee Island in Lake Erie. It's south of the the northern border of California, south of Rome and just a titch north of Barcelona. There are 22 US states partially or completely north of this point. I once added up there are almost as many people in the US that technically live north of "Canada" than the entire population of Canada (that was back when we were only 30M people though, probably a different story now).

[@bmunson4920]

It’s actual 27 US states that are all, or partially north of the southernmost part of Canada

[@ChadPrestonOfficialThree]

Interesting stuff, Kyler!

[@girldaddividendinvestor]

As a Chicago resident, the city was built on a swamp, you can feel like in the summer. The Lake creates itself own biosphere during the winter and absolutely sucks how cold it is. 😂😂😂

[@tiki_trash]

I hate humid summers. I live in Western Montana and the summers are dry, too dry some years. I lived in Virginia as a kid and the humidity would just kill me in the summer. When it's that humid you can't just stand under a tree out of the sun and cool off. Your sweat doesn't dry to keep you cool. I also lived in Nevada for a time. I love the desert and I may move to New Mexico one day.

[@tiki_trash]

I'm really proud of the beauty of our state. If you get a yearning for the mountains go to Glacier Park.

[@nunyabiznes33]

I thought the lake is actually keeping it warmer than it normally should?

[@petesandwich3246]

But also the video is wrong as to why Chicago is so much colder than Rome. It has nothing to do with the lake and everything to do with the Gulf Stream that warms up Europe. Sure the lake causes wind, but it’s not responsible for the cold continental climate since cities far away from the lake are cold as well.

[@BasilMinhas]

@@petesandwich3246The lake actually makes Chicago slightly warmer

[@eugenb.8448]

I’ve had fun showing my European relatives that many places in Europe are way more North than where I am here in Ottawa, Canada. Telling them that Zagreb or Venice is at nearly the same latitude makes them check an atlas. It’s quite fun as they associate how northerly something is by how cold the winters are.

[@StuffandThings_]

Vancouver BC, with a nearly Mediterranean climate, has the same latitude as the Kerguelen Islands (on opposite hemispheres though), which have a polar climate, an ice cap, and a tidewater glacier, and are practically a mini Antarctica. Additionally, the southernmost coral reef (and nearly tropical climate) of Lord Howe Island is less than 20 degrees of latitude off from that of the Kerguelen Islands.

[@lucylane7397]

It’s hardly Mediterranean more like western Scotland

[@StuffandThings_]

@@lucylane7397 Mediterranean is based around cool wet winters and warm dry summers. You'd be surprised at how warm and dry the summers are in areas around the Salish sea, the Saanich inlet on nearby Vancouver island can even grow citrus and the San Juan islands and Puget lowlands can be quite fire prone. There's even native Arbutus (A. menziesii), whose distribution closely follows the Mediterranean climates of the region (Arbutus are pretty stereotypical Mediterranean plants, with species in the southwest US and in the Mediterranean itself). Now, the even weirder thing is that these Mediterranean climates border oceanic climates, due to the cool and wet fall, spring, and especially winter. Now, Vancouver _is_ on the oceanic side of things but it is borderline Mediterranean, and on the opposite side of the Straits of Georgia and just to the north there are true Mediterranean climates, that extend to even higher latitudes (but have no well known cities to reference). The whole region north of Vancouver is known as the "Sunshine coast" due to the warm, dry, Mediterranean style summers.

[@diogorodrigues747]

​​@@lucylane7397More like Galician climate (Santiago de Compostela, Corunna, Vigo...), which is almost Mediterranean.

[@huskytail]

⁠@@StuffandThings_Vancouver is Cfb, while some parts of Mediterranean climate is Csb. Borderline in climate description is a quite big difference in actual experience and it's what Western Europe has as a climate, not the Mediterranean.

[@campyhub]

Here is a new one for you. 27.6 degrees north latitude. This latitude is shared by warm, hot and sea-level Tampa, Florida and the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest with its arctic climate.

[@hkrohn]

I didn't quite get the surprise of the Dublin and Hamburg one. I have always thought of Dublin as being further south than northern Germany.

[@peteymax]

Agreed, with Dublin having milder winters and summers because it’s on an island. There were other surprises though.

[@bmunson4920]

People also tend to ‘think’ within a country. Example? If you asked people how far San Antonio Texas in the USA was from the Pacific Ocean they would likely think of the 1,500 mile (2,200+ km) 2 1/2 day drive to California. Yet by heading directly southwest through Mexico, you can reach the Pacific in a day, and around 800 miles (1,200 km) of driving.

[@demonhalo67]

Cape Town and Sydney share the same latitude at about 34 degrees south, both share similar sub tropical climates although Sydney is slightly warmer throughout the year. Auckland NZ is actually higher in latitude than Melbourne in Australia. Again, both share similar climates, although Auckland is considerably wetter than Melbourne due to it being surrounded by the Pacific and Tasman seas.

[@mattsmith8290]

yep 38 for Melbourne and 37 for Auckland .

[@maximvazhenin3345]

Chicago - incredibly cold Me: laughs in Russian

[@NewCastleIndiana]

3:00 Miami is in south EAST. Lake Michigan actually seems to keep the area of Chicago more temperate. The suburbs west of the lake have larger swings of temperatures. The lake kind of moderates all of that.

[@sergiodgp2973]

He corrects that in the video?

[@roulam3001]

Yes, big bodies of water do help in regulating the temperature but he wasn't talking about temperature, he was talking about the wind chill which is basically the precieved temperature due to the wind speed which makes the temperature feel a lot less

[@nomdeplume4543]

Very nice presentation. ❤😊

[@uptkendari4895]

Hi I am Sahman from Indonesia and I love Geography. Yes, it is true some cities have the same latitude but I think the climates between them not only based on latitude but also influenced by it is condition around the place such as ocean, continent, sea, or dessert. I think so. Love from Indonesia.

[@huskytail]

I learned that Chicago is on more or less the same latitude as Rome and my home city in Bulgaria when I was playing as a child at home with a globe I had borrowed from a friend and was following the latitude. I also discovered that Barcelona is pretty close to the same latitude but that the most populated Japanese islands are way below. It was a very eye opening experience 😁

[@aleksandonov8413]

Откъде си? :)

[@maddog5284]

Glasgow, Edinburgh, Copenhagen and Moscow are all the same latitude which just sounds insane that somewhere as sunny and somewhat tropical like Scotland is the same as the areas around Moscow in Russia.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

Scotland sunny? Lmao. Besides, it's an island you genius. Moscow is tucked way inland.

[@Imflippingout]

French Guiana is south of 15 degrees latitude while Taiwan is north of it, 15 degrees north doesn't pass through them

[@stdev.]

For real. Taiwan is nowhere near the 15th parallel. So much farther north that the Tropic of Cancer runs through its southern portion. Maybe he was looking at Luzon.

[@Grason20]

​@@stdev.yes you're right. It is Luzon

[@cycklist]

The north and south poles also share the same longitude.

[@tomchamberlain4329]

Planet

[@aardvaarkmaark]

Great video! I love this stuff! Here's one for you. Anchorage, Alaska is further north than Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo

[@someinteresting]

The latitude isn't the only variable in forming of the climate, though.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

Finally, someone with a brain

[@adamsiroky161]

Educational videos be like: North pole has same latitute as south pole. 🤯

[@bobstuart2638]

Chicago gets its cold from being central in a continent. The lake provides a bit of heat and extra snow.

[@gabrielfurludman]

Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, Sydney and Cape Town are all located within the 33/34 South Parallel. Similar mild weather.

[@thomHD]

It'd be interesting to do one on rainfall. London gets significantly less rain than so many major cities.

[@AxelÞór]

Reykjavík, Iceland and Fairbanks, Alaska are both at 64°N. They have very different climates.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

That's because one is a coastal city on an island that sits at sea level elevation, while the other is tucked inland hundreds of miles and has like 400 feet of elevation.

[@stickynorth]

I'm also from a 53.5N city, Edmonton, Alberta! The Northern-most large city in the Americas... Same latitude as Dublin, Hamburg, Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds! Also why the city is swimming in ethnic Irish, English and German... Myself included there too!

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[@allanlank]

Toronto Canada and Florence Italy. It is the distance away from the ocean which makes North American cities so cold.

[@BasilMinhas]

True but our summers are usually warmer

[@nialler78]

In latitudes equal to the north of Scotland you have to be wary of polar bears wandering into town. That fascinates me. Imagine walking home from the pub in Inverness and keeping an eye out for 9 foot tall murder machines? Actually, if Wikipedia's distribution map is anything to go by, you'd be watching out for polar bears in the quieter suburbs of paris 😯

[@johnchristie9904]

Ulaanbaatar and Seattle are both 47⁰N

[@andyjay729]

If you've ever been to eastern Washington this might not seem too surprising. Eastern WA is high desert.

[@JaccoSW]

There's another fun side-effect of all this; sunset and sundown. A couple of years ago I was flying out of Amsterdam to New York and next to me sat a girl from New Jersey that had been on a Eurotrip. She was amazed how long it stayed light in the Netherlands during summer. It is often still light at 22:00 and the sun won't even fully set at midnight during the height of summer. I told her New York was the same latitude as Madrid, which is about 1700+ km (1000+ miles) south of Amsterdam. If you go even further North the won't set at all. Blew her mind!

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[@dylanattix2765]

Washington State is quite temperate (by North America standards at least) for its latitude between 46-49 degrees north. Among other things, we have a sagebrush desert, the Columbia Plateau, which gets hotter than anywhere else on Earth at its latitude except for the climatically and latitudinaly similar Astrakhan in Russia, near where the Volga River empties into the Caspian Sea.

[@deirdre108]

Another thing I tell visitors to our state is that Sequim has an annual rainfall of about 15 inches and about 50 miles straight line distance south is the Hoh rainforest which receives 150-170 inches rain annually.

[@ahillmann]

I guess for a lot of Europeans it comes as a surprise how far south North America actually is compared to Europe. They assume that the Canadian cities which are perceived as cold must be at the level of the Nordic countries, and that the north-eastern cities of the US (NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, etc.) are at the level of Central Europe. But actually, looking at the large eastern cities of Canada - Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, Ottawa - they are all more south than Geneva. Even Edmonton, the northernmost large Canadian city, is at the level of Hamburg. Conversely, Finland (as well as most of the rest of Fennoscandia) is almost completely above the 60th latitude, on the upper third of the Northern Hemisphere. That's at the level of the extremely sparsely populated three territories in Canada. The northern tips of Norway, Sweden and Finland are at the level of the frigid islands of northern Canada. All the Nordic capitals are at the level of Hudson Bay in Canada, or higher. If Sweden, Norway and Finland were flipped onto the Southern Hemisphere, their most northern tips would be in Antarctica. Finland and Norway would both be completely far below the most southern tip of South America. Also, on a more general observation, it's interesting that most of the inhabited landmass is above the equator. A common instinct for many Europeans is to think that warm places are south of the equator, since travelling somewhere warm always means going south which is what the _Southern_ Hemisphere is, while the colder countries are above it. But actually, most of Asia is above the equator. South Asia and almost all of Southeast Asia are actually "northern" countries, as they are situated above the equator. Only about a third of Africa is below the equator. Two thirds of Africa belongs to the "northern world".

[@StefanVeenstra]

Did this exercise a few years back. As I prepared for my trip to Japan, but then covid happened. Regardless, I feel myself drawn to Hokkaido whenever I think of Japan. And their winters get really cold, much colder (record for Japan is below -40℃) with much more snowfall than we experience here in the Netherlands. When you realize the northern most point of Japan is about the same distance from the equator as Milan (45 degrees north), it seems odd. Their summers are humid and hot, like a sauna, while winters are freezing cold and autumn gets typhoons and monsoons, one can understand why they appreciate the spring so much. Meanwhile their southern most point is about 20 degrees north. And then there's east to west, you'll realize just how stretched Japan really is.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

The Netherlands has a really low average elevation. Hokkaido is a mountainous area that gets to over 2000 meters. That's why it's colder.

[@Catnip-es8nx]

Nemuro (43°09' N), a fishing town in eastern Hokkaido has colder (about 2°C) and shorter Summer than Amsterdam (52°37' N) because of oceanic current from north. The northern most point of Japan (Wakkanai) is slightly warmer Summer (about 1°C) than Amsterdam. Summer in Tokyo is ten degrees warmer and humid.

[@galaktormaster6770]

@@matthewviramontes3131 Correction: While elevation plays a role, even if Hokkaido was at sea level it'd be much colder than the netherlands during winter, and there are multiple reasons for this. On the east coast of continents, there is always a cold ocean current that plays a small role in making stuff cold, on the american east coast, that cold current brings arctic water from the Labrador sea next to greenland, all the way down to Maine, before being stopped by a warm current further south. On the asian east coast, that current brings arctic water from east siberia all the way down to about Sendai before being stopped by a warm current from further south. Secondly, the east coast of continents at hokkaido's latitude are not regulated by westerlies winds, since winds blow west at the temperate latitudes, meaning they will regulate and bring rainfall on the east coast, whereas the east coast will be saved from that additional regulation, increasing its continentality (continentality = temperature difference between summer and winter, London has a very low continentality, Montréal has a high continentality). Lastly, there is free space between the arctic north and the more southern areas in both Asia and North America, meaning that freezing winds from canada and siberia can blow all the way down south, making the winters colder. This is why most of the south area of the usa and china aren't actually tropical, as the winters are too cold for it to be considered so; one exception to this is Florida, as the peninsula is thin enough to force the cool northen winds to pass through the gulf of mexico, which will very much weaken their strength.

[@squigglyline5021]

Being Canadian and looking at the map of Canada and Google Earth countless times, I somehow was shocked to see Ottawa and Montreal on the same latitude when showing it over Italy

[@icerepublic]

Miami became more similar to Dubai politically in the last year 😂

[@L-mo]

The fact Chicago is in the middle of a huge continent is more relevant to its weather than the lake effect - whereas Rome is near the coast and on a peninsula (Italy) surrounded by relatively warm seas (the Med).

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[@domenicocolletti6052]

The real difference is that Rome, but also Naples that is at the same latitude of New York City and all other cities in Italy are protected from winds from North Pole by the presence of Alps and Appennini. Those winds in the Central and East North America have no obstacles.

[@ashisgoon1586]

What a mindblowing information! Bouncers one after the another. Simply superb. Just one thing - what about Equatorial Guinea? Isn't it on the equator also?

[@leonardoleiva9525]

Amazing video, it's kind of shocking.... Greetings from Buenos Aires!

[@An-kw3ec]

these weather anomalies feel weird only between the east coast of us and europe, the west coast actually makes a good match for europe in terms of latitude and temperature. LA has a climate similar to the south of Spain, Portland is like the south of France, Seattle is like Paris or belgium, and Vancouver is like London. The only difference is that even at UK level, in North America the rainfall pattern is still Mediterranean with dry summers, In Europe the rain pattern evens out around 45 °. You get real oceanic till 54 ° but much colder than Europe's.

[@andyjay729]

And Medford, Oregon is also at about Rome's latitude and it gets blistering summers (and major wildfires).

[@makingmemesat3AM]

Vancouver is more south than London. Calgary would be a better comparison for London

[@An-kw3ec]

@makingmemesat3AM Only by 2 degrees, closer than seattle actually

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Most people know the 38th parallel separates Korea, not many people know it’s also Washington DC.

[@alfiemandella2258]

This is what i waiting for the content just now i research for this topic now you explained me in a short way .

[@kingding-a-ling9794]

What an original topic... love this

[@ronniel5941]

Glasgow, Edinburgh and Moscow are on roughly the same latitude - with, I think I read somewhere, only about 1% of the world’s population living to the north of these cities.

[@jamcan]

Very, very interesting information!

[@Dawn_Aramoana63]

I live in Waipukurau, a small farming town on the east coast of the North Island of NZ. My town is the only town in the world through which Latitude 40 South passes at the start of the Roaring Forties.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Fun fact, Vancouver BC, Seattle Washington, And Portland Oregon are all further north than Toronto, Canada.

[@jonathan_careless]

1:18. Chicago doesn't get incredibly cold days because of Lake Michigan. If anything the lake has a moderating effect and makes it warmer in winter and colder in summer. Chicago gets its cold days from being on the edge of the plains and being interior climate. Also the 'windy' monicker comes from the politicians talking not actual wind.

[@alanhughes5868]

So few people know why Chicago is called "The Windy City."

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Amazing video I really enjoyed it Thank you for posting

[@sinistregoth]

I found it quite interesting when i observed that the whole of the UK is further north than the contiguous United States- so Cornwall, our most southerly and mildest county, where they grow palm trees outside, is further North (50⁰) than eg North Dakota (47⁰) where i believe its pretty cold in winter!

[@allcbrosx5930]

if the jet stream collapses i’m confident europe would be uninhabitable for the most part, it would be insanely cold there

[@xolang]

Something İ realized sometime ago is how much narrower a geographical timezone is on higher latitudes than on the equator. For example Russia, which has 11 time zone, would probably have just 6 (still a lot indeed) if it were located on the equator. On the other hand, İndonesia with its three time zone (actually 4, but the westernmost province of Aceh is included in the western timezone.) would probably fall into 6 or 7 different time zone if it were located on similar latitudes such as Russia. Thus when comparing how large (or wide) a country is based on their time zones, we must also take into account their latitudes (and of course something like the fact that a huge country like China decides to have a single time zone).

[@josue_rm07]

In Mexico, Cancun is a city that everyone says "is in the south of Mexico", but it is more north than Mexico City, which is in "the center of the country".

[@jimaccornero3688]

Los Angeles, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel. Weather and landscape are identical. Whatever grows in CA, grows in Israel.

[@catylynch7909]

This topic is interesting and fun. I live in San Francisco. I had visited London and Paris ... but always during (or near) the summer months. So, the light difference wasn't too noticeable. A few years ago, I spent Christmas in London, and New Year in Paris. I was very surprised at how late the sun rose, and how early it set. As noted in this video, I had an erroneous thought of how much further north they are, than San Francisco is. Also, I went to college in Salem, Oregon. There is a marker very close to the city limits, proclaiming a position on the 45th parallel ... halfway between the Equator, and the North Pole. Thanks for the informative piece.

[@renedenis3688]

Minor correction, Nairobi is 1.29° south of the equator and not north of it.

[@russellpengilley5924]

Came to the comments to say that, I live 3 hours drive North of Nairobi in Nakuru and we're still (just) in the Southern hemisphere.

[@renedenis3688]

@@russellpengilley5924 I love Nakuru!

[@shemusmcquillaide]

Another intersting one to explore is points that are at the same latitude but completely opposite east/west longitudinal degrees. Lhasa, Tibet and New Orleans, Louisiana is close enough to be pretty weird, N.O. at 90 degrees west and Lhasa at 91 east and both at 29 degrees north.

[@BarbaricBrit]

I was surprised to find London and Calgary are the same altitude, or Manchester and Edmonton.

[@goss1961]

I'm in the west of Ireland and it amuses me to think that there are polar bears in Canada living at this latitude.

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[@seanrodgers1839]

Ottawa here. I have noticed that Venice was the same latitude. We do have great winter sports.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

Ottawa has higher average elevation

[@timothybogle1461]

Singapore is 1deg north. Nairobi is 1 deg south. Nairobi is milder because it is 5000 feet above sea level where Singapore is at sea level. You can also add in Quito which is nearly 10,000 feet above sea level. Here are a couple more with differing climates. London and Calgary 51 deg N. London is very moderate while Calgary has hot summers and frigid winters. Toronto vs Monaco, Florence and Christchurch 43 deg. Toronto had cold winters and hot summers. The other 3 have moderate climates. Some with nearly identical climates in opposite hemispheres. Tampa 27N and Brisbane 27S. Sydney 34S and LA 34N

[@devanman7920]

I knew Europe is further up than you'd think but when you really look into it, it messes with your mind a bit.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

* Laughs in Gulf Stream * 😉

[@luisdiegors]

Did you really say Ibitha? 😂😂😂

[@amosamwig8394]

Damn this is so good, this video gives me peace while learning about countries who're sharing the same latitude. The background music is so nice.

[@pableauxwr138]

Why do you use the Mercator projection map?

[@Spaceßlox]

Hawaii is much more south than most people realise being even more south than Florida

[@fromthehaven94]

There's the Tropic of Cancer which Florida is entirely north of and Hawaii is entirely south of.

[@crusherbmx]

I live in Canada, the so called "Great White North", so this subject has always fascinated me. Most cities in Canada are way further south than anybody realizes. My city, Winnipeg (probably never heard of it) is nicknamed Winterpeg, the coldest city with population over 600,000. But the fact is, it's just as hot in summer as it is cold in winter, like -35c is normal in winter, +35c is normal in summer...and we are just above 49 degrees latitude, the same as the Southern tip of Great Britain, just North of Paris, just South of London, middle of Europe really.

[@haga2519]

Winnipeg Jets has had some Swedish hockey players through the years. :-)

[@michaelscott7166]

I'm from West Yorkshire, England. My home town is at the same latitude as Edmonton. We're lucky if we get snow 3 times a year.

[@xdanbo1859]

1:20 - Along the Great Lakes, in the winter you are actually generally going to be warmer the closer you are to a Great Lake especially Michigan. Now the wind and other factors can change that, but generally warmer near the Lake.

[@user-vr10cw5qf5q]

Does it mean Europe is basically a warmer place compared to other continent with the same latitude?

[@matthewviramontes3131]

It means that America has higher average elevation than most places in Europe which make it colder.

[@Sanguine830]

@@matthewviramontes3131 wrong, it isn5 about elevation, Europe just doesn5 geographically have the same properties as North America, first it has a Gulf Stream current surrounding it, this stream is warm and comes from equator, greatly warming the water up, as a result cold weather is nullified and is weaker around it. Second, Europe doesn’t have land on its north, it is a waterbody, unlike United States, Europe doesn’t have cold storages right north of it, in USA a strong wind coming from north easily freezes everything cause the cold doesn’t get weakened by warmer seas. In European the same effect can be experienced when wind is strong coming from Siberia and Russia, the Siberian high pressure results in much more extreme cold weather to Europe than the cold that comes from North especially northwest. In USA this is not the case, cold is right above in north, and it is much much easier for it to get to lower altitudes with correct pressure properties. In Europe, it is often rare for them to be affected by Siberia, because it is farther, and it needs to expand towards left, which is unnatural in northern hemisphere because earth spins towards right. So if Europe had land instead of water with warm currents on the left side, Europe would be just as cold if not colder than north America. Take Türkiye for example, Istanbul and many other cities in Türkiye see more snow compared to United Kingdom which is much more norther than Türkiye. This is a result of the things I explained right above.

[@AlkalineAjay]

Toronto and Cannes are the same latitude too.

[@mikhailmamontov2155]

The climate does not correlate with latitude, because it depends on ocean currents, winds and mountains.

[@pablodmdp]

Amazing video! I Always wonder about this stuff

[@TerjeMathisen]

As Eric mentioned, 60N should have gotten a prominent mention! Bmjv knows his meteorology, the Gulf stream has to carry the main responsibility for making Scandinavia livable. Northern Norway at 71N is north of almost all other cities in the world, and when you get to Longyearbyen/Svalbard at 78N you have a nice little city of about 2500 permanent citizens which includes its own extension of the Tromsø University.

[@clintonalver2715]

It seems to me that a big reason we have these misconceptions is that we associate latitude as the biggest indicator of temperature.

[@ReidHenderson]

This is brilliant. I'm always curious what countries are on a similar latitude as my home state of SC even though we have a lot different weather due to tides and air currents and geography. I can see why SC is so hot in the summer. We share the same latitude as some middle Eastern countries and India and parts of China. Very different geographically but still share some similarities in weather. Even when crossing the U.S. it's crazy to see the differences and similarities in weather and geography to other areas on the same latitude

[@stanleybuchan4610]

Where is SC ?

[@ReidHenderson]

@@stanleybuchan4610 sorry South Carolina state in the South Eastern United States

[@AUmarcus]

Charleston is about as far north as Sydney is south.

[@durium3113]

Rome, Pennsylvania, which sits just south of the New York line, is on the same latitude as Rome, Italy and is also built on seven hills. But that's about all the two communities have in common. Rome, Italy is a metropolis with a Mediterranean climate, while Rome, Pa. is in an East Coast Marine climate and has only a few hundred residents.

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[@igorgerlovin3185]

You should also include London and Komsomolsk, both 51° north. Their avg. Jan. low temps are 2°C and -31°C, respectively.

[@NintendoTV64]

One interesting fun fact regarding latitude and longitude is that Washington DC is at about the same latitude as Fukushima, Japan, while New York City and Long Island are at the same latitude as Aomori on Honshu's northern coast, Long Island being known for very sunny and warm weather during the summer and Aomori generally being one of the coldest prefectures in Japan. There are cities in Spain and Portugal that are farther north than Aomori.

[@harrisadressiez1161]

Your knowledge is incredible, man! Love your channel 👊💜

[@salvadorlopez1814]

Cities with Similar Weather Mexico City- Nanning southeast China. Buenos Aires - Houston Texas Santiago Chile -Tecate Baja California Northwest Mexico Tampico Mexico- Miami Florida Can Cun Mexico Manila Philipines Chihuahua Mexico- Austin Texas Eureka California- Santiago de Compostela Spain San Francisco California-Lisbon Portugal Chicago-Cracow Poland Washington DC -Tokyo Japan Seúl Corea-New York City London-Vancouver Canada Montreal Canada-Moscow Rusia

[@lythicat8760]

Eastern North America has the cold Labrador Current, while Europe has the warm Gulf current. Main reason. Compare for example St Johns in Newfoundland which is much colder in the winter than Brest in France, both on a similar latitude (Brest even bit farther north).

[@Ellestra]

A lot of these differences in climate have very little to do with latitude and a lot more to do with the location on their respective continents. The places by the ocean have milder climate than those inside continents (see difference between Regina and London). The places on the west side of the continents generally have milder climates (see difference between New York and Madrid). Prevailing winds and ocean currents bringing warmer, wetter air in winter to Western shores making it warmer in winter than the inside of continent or even Eastern shores. This is especially true for Europe as it's peninsula made of peninsulas with mountains running latitudinally (in US this is limited by Rocky mountains running along the West coast) so all this changes climate way into the continent so nowhere else has so many big cities above 50N. But you can also see this in Alaska coast being warmer than the latitude may suggest. And then of course you have to take

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[@ColinHanson-z1j]

Some cities that are about the same latitude are: Edmonton, AB, Canada and Hamburg, Germany, Manila, Philippines and Guatemala City, Guatemala, Calgary, AB, Canada and Dresden, Germany, Tokyo, Japan and Santa Fe, NM, USA, Toronto, ON, Canada and Nice, France, Puebla, Mexico and Mumbai, India, Beijing, China and Philadelphia, PA, USA, Bangkok, Thailand and San Salvador, El Salvador, Dawson Creek, BC, Canada and Moscow, Russia, Guangzhou, China and Havana, Cuba, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada and Mainz, Germany, and Penticton, BC, Canada and Nuremberg, Germany.

[@I_Am_Not_A_Humanoid_Figure]

In part 2 can you feature my home city, Cincinnati Ohio? It has a similar latitude with Tianjin China