Sicily is an island located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, a few hundred kilometres from the North African coast. Because of its location, the island has a Mediterranean climate, one of the most pleasant in Europe, with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers because of the south wind (sirocco), which is a hot, […]
The climate in Sardinia is typically Mediterranean with mild temperatures throughout the year, winters are short-lived. During the cold season, prevailing mild and wet winds, as mistral blowing from the north-west, while in spring and summer, the prevailing winds are from Africa, bringing warm and dry climate. The northwest of the region is rainy, while the climate in the south […]
The city of Rome has a warm Mediterranean climate, which makes it particularly pleasant to visit in the fall and spring. During July and August, it is often too hot and sticky, temperatures are usually above 35 ° C at noon, and at times in July and August may reach values of 40 ° C. The winter […]
The city of Naples enjoys a mild climate, typically Mediterranean, influenced by the presence of the sea. Naples is a rather rainy city, in autumn and winter months, the city’s climate is mild and rainy in winter, while it is hot and dry – but refreshed by the sea breeze – in summer. Temperatures are mild in […]
Dublin has a temperate maritime climate, with very variable and abrupt climate changes, but characterized by mild winters, and bright and fresh summers, with lack of temperature extremes, with variations in seasonal temperatures less pronounced for a city of this northern latitude. The influence of the warm Gulf Stream which invests the whole of Ireland is also felt […]
The island of Santorini is located in the southern Aegean Sea, just north of the island of Crete, this small volcanic island has a Mediterranean-type climate and is very dry. The seasons are characterized by a long dry and hot summer season and a winter season with temperatures relatively mild but rainy. On Santorini, the […]
The island of Mykonos has a very dry climate with high summer temperatures mitigated by the constant breath of the wind Etesian (Meltem) blowing from the north in the summer months. The sun shines on the island for about 300 days a year. The poor rains – in the island fall in average 367 mm […]
Athens has a typical Mediterranean climate with mild, wet winters and very hot and dry summers. The aridity of the climate of Athens is caused by the position of the city that is surrounded by mountains to the north-west and east, these mountains block the wind and make hot and sultry the summer days, sometimes the […]
The climate of Crete is in a large part of the island a temperate Mediterranean climate, with very hot summers and winters not too cold. Only a small area which includes the island’s southern coast, the plain of Mesara and the mountains of Asterousia is part of the semi-desertic African climate. Rainfalls are irregulars, they are most abundant in the […]
The island of Rhodes is located in the south-eastern part of the Aegean Sea near the coast of Turkey. The island is characterized by a typical Mediterranean climate, hot and dry in the summer months and mild and rainy in the winter months. Characteristic of the climate of Rhodes is the presence of constant winds […]
The city of Berlin is characterized by an oceanic climate which tends, in part, to become a continental climate, with cold and relatively rainy winters, while the summers are mild and rainy. Berlin has three months of frost per year, the capital of Germany in fact recorded average minimum temperatures below freezing between December and […]
Normandy, lying in the northwestern part of France, has a maritime-oceanic type of climate humid and rainy for most of the year, with a marked variability, very windy, especially along the coast, with heavy rains in every period of the year, with intermediate seasons mild but rainy and cool summers. In Normandy the more humid and rainy […]
The city of Paris is characterized by a climate halfway between the oceanic and continental ones. Paris generally has hot summers and cold winters with rainfall well distributed throughout the year, but overall rather scarce. The French capital usually has short, mild and rainy winters. this happens when the humid and lukewarm winds blow from […]
The Colombian city of Barranquilla is located on the western banks of the Magdalena River a few kilometers away from the Caribbean coast. Because of its location near the sea and in a flat area, Barranquilla has a hot and humid tropical climate characterized by stable and high temperatures and a high humidity that remains constant […]
The city of Medellín is located in the Aburrá Valley (Valle de Aburrá) in the mountains of the Central Cordillera (Cordillera Central) of the Colombian Andes. The city is located on a plateau at 1,500 meters above sea level but some neighborhoods are also located at 1,800 meters above sea level. The climate that characterizes […]