Interesting Latitudes of Cities from Around the World

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@bmjv77 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@johnseurynck3720 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

@@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 11 ай бұрын

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

@mhdfrb9971 11 ай бұрын

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

@rhanson3244 11 ай бұрын

And stay in school

@RyanS32 11 ай бұрын

@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 11 ай бұрын

Than YOU think. 😂

@lioneldemun6033 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@Ellestra 11 ай бұрын

Boston is South of Marseilles and the whole French Riviera

@cokie4760 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@iansteelmatheson 11 ай бұрын

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.

@tomjames9674 11 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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

@MarkusBoettner 8 ай бұрын

@@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.

@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

@@lioneldemun603349.6.

@kathrynstemler6331 11 ай бұрын

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

@cokie4760 11 ай бұрын

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

@pawelpap9 11 ай бұрын

Palm trees grow in Ireland.

@arichis 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@quinquedecem 11 ай бұрын

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

@matthewviramontes3131 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

@@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 11 ай бұрын

Quasimodo predicted all of this. @@matthewviramontes3131

@aileenmarzanna 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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.

@masx4468 11 ай бұрын

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

@christopherx7428 11 ай бұрын

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

@iansteelmatheson 11 ай бұрын

or how south South America is compared to Africa

@RandomPlaceHolderName 11 ай бұрын

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

@jack2453 11 ай бұрын

Even more surprising is people confusing latitude with longitude.😸

@trufflefur 11 ай бұрын

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

@darkyboode3239 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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.

@erik5374 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@RandomPlaceHolderName 11 ай бұрын

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

@kahaag 11 ай бұрын

@@hanszickerman8051 And the Shetland Islands.

@herzogsbuick 11 ай бұрын

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

@gaywizard2000 11 ай бұрын

Gulf stream .

@MrMackievelli 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@matthewviramontes3131 11 ай бұрын

And Chicago is higher elevation

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@pepe-zg3pf 10 ай бұрын

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

@romibob.5932 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

North Atlantic Drift and Gulf Stream…

@romibob.5932 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

San Diego is 117° West. Lol

@kingjamesfromthekingjamesbible 11 ай бұрын

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

@HaiLsKuNkY 11 ай бұрын

Almost the entire South America is further east than New York

@campyhub 9 ай бұрын

Tampa, Florida is farther west than Cleveland.

@mschwald 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

Still, don't underestimate the gulfstream

@RandomPlaceHolderName 11 ай бұрын

@@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 11 ай бұрын

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

@samfaught6458 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@yordaryperez7023 11 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@@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.

@stevester9148 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@brettbuck7362 11 ай бұрын

Great Britain is livable because of the Gulf Stream.

@rasheedrehman4694 11 ай бұрын

This is win win situation for you.

@marthastewartschowchow 11 ай бұрын

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

@kylerjones4411 11 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@ChadPrestonOfficialThree 10 ай бұрын

Interesting stuff, Kyler!

@girldaddividendinvestor 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@nunyabiznes33 11 ай бұрын

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

@petesandwich3246 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

@@petesandwich3246The lake actually makes Chicago slightly warmer

@hkrohn 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@bmunson4920 10 ай бұрын

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.

@campyhub 10 ай бұрын

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.

@StuffandThings_ 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

It’s hardly Mediterranean more like western Scotland

@StuffandThings_ 11 ай бұрын

@@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 11 ай бұрын

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

@huskytail 11 ай бұрын

⁠@@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.

@eugenb.8448 10 ай бұрын

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.

@aardvaarkmaark 11 ай бұрын

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

@alfiemandella2258 11 ай бұрын

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

@amosamwig8394 11 ай бұрын

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.

@NewCastleIndiana 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

He corrects that in the video?

@roulam3001 11 ай бұрын

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

@uptkendari4895 10 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

Откъде си? :)

@demonhalo67 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

yep 38 for Melbourne and 37 for Auckland .

@pablodmdp 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video! I Always wonder about this stuff

@cycklist 11 ай бұрын

The north and south poles also share the same longitude.

@tomchamberlain4329 11 ай бұрын

Planet

@jamesfarrell8339 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video I really enjoyed it Thank you for posting

@Imflippingout 11 ай бұрын

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

@stdev. 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@thomHD 11 ай бұрын

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

@johnchristie9904 11 ай бұрын

Ulaanbaatar and Seattle are both 47⁰N

@andyjay729 11 ай бұрын

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

@catylynch7909 11 ай бұрын

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.

@ashisgoon1586 11 ай бұрын

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?

@bobstuart2638 11 ай бұрын

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

@kingding-a-ling9794 11 ай бұрын

What an original topic... love this

@harrisadressiez1161 11 ай бұрын

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

@stickynorth 11 ай бұрын

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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@nialler78 11 ай бұрын

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 😯

@someinteresting 11 ай бұрын

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

@matthewviramontes3131 11 ай бұрын

Finally, someone with a brain

@AxelÞór 11 ай бұрын

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

@matthewviramontes3131 11 ай бұрын

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.

@squigglyline5021 10 ай бұрын

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

@JaccoSW 11 ай бұрын

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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@maddog5284 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@jamcan 10 ай бұрын

Very, very interesting information!

@mariocallender 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. I recently suddenly realized that London was much farther (7deg) north than Toronto, which was strange to me. But another thought I had was what would the world look like if you could see a Mercator projection of the world map, but choose different points on the sphere to be (0,0), specifically much higher or lower latitudes becoming the new equator; meaning the distortions that we're used to would be noticeably different?

@allanlank 11 ай бұрын

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

@BasilMinhas 11 ай бұрын

True but our summers are usually warmer

@adamsiroky161 11 ай бұрын

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

@ronniel5941 11 ай бұрын

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.

@playdiscgolf1546 11 ай бұрын

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

@L-mo 11 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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.

@maximvazhenin3345 11 ай бұрын

Chicago - incredibly cold Me: laughs in Russian

@stevenschilizzi4104 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting comparisons! Of course latitude is greatly affected by ocean currents (e.g. Europe although quite northerly is warmed by the Gulf Stream), the rotation of the earth that determines the prevailing winds, mountains, etc. - One little adjustment: Perth in W.A. is 32 degrees south, not 31. I feel I had to say this as I live there! I also know (because one of my best friends lives there!) that San Diego is just about exactly at the same latitude, but north of course. And it’s funny to see that although the winters are pretty similar, the summers are light years different!

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@nomdeplume4543 10 ай бұрын

Very nice presentation. ❤😊

@StefanVeenstra 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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.

@icerepublic 11 ай бұрын

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

@dylanattix2765 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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.

@gxdmax 11 ай бұрын

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@gabrielfurludman 11 ай бұрын

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

@shemusmcquillaide 10 ай бұрын

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.

@TerjeMathisen 10 ай бұрын

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.

@xdanbo1859 11 ай бұрын

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.

@Dawn_Aramoana63 10 ай бұрын

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.

@ReidHenderson 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Where is SC ?

@ReidHenderson 10 ай бұрын

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

@AUmarcus 8 ай бұрын

Charleston is about as far north as Sydney is south.

@leonardoleiva9525 9 ай бұрын

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

@RyanS32 11 ай бұрын

Miami is in the southeast of the US. I know it's easy to misspeak, just wanted to clarify. Love your channel!

@xolang 11 ай бұрын

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).

@I_Am_Not_A_Humanoid_Figure 9 ай бұрын

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

@sinistregoth 10 ай бұрын

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!

@An-kw3ec 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@makingmemesat3AM 11 ай бұрын

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

@An-kw3ec 11 ай бұрын

@makingmemesat3AM Only by 2 degrees, closer than seattle actually

@RubbishGimpy 11 ай бұрын

Interesting video. I always wondered where London actually sat in the world. Its also clear that nearer to the equator doesn't gauarantee warmer weather.

@jonathan_careless 11 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@yuzk2 11 ай бұрын

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

@devanman7920 11 ай бұрын

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

@allcbrosx5930 11 ай бұрын

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

@ChasMusic 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Yes, it's surprising as to how the weather and climate can differ so much when the cities share a latitude and hemisphere. Great choices of city pairs, and I agree with you on perception. When you do part two, please be so kind as to prefer straight lines between city pairs. I find the curved lines make it harder to see what else is at the same latitude.

@danarj5713 11 ай бұрын

really amazing

@Ellestra 11 ай бұрын

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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@renedenis3688 11 ай бұрын

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

@russellpengilley5924 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

@@russellpengilley5924 I love Nakuru!

@scottbogfoot 11 ай бұрын

😅 my friends are like, is it snowing yet up your way, in the north? And I say yes, and I'm further south then Paris France!

@goss1961 11 ай бұрын

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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@NintendoTV64 8 ай бұрын

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.

@dieter_tirado 11 ай бұрын

Now do one about interesting longitudes!

@user-ul5pt1yb8z 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

@josue_rm07 7 ай бұрын

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".

@seanrodgers1839 11 ай бұрын

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

@matthewviramontes3131 11 ай бұрын

Ottawa has higher average elevation

@ichbinbluna3504 10 ай бұрын

Does anybody know a PC software where you can move (superimpose) different geographical areas?

@jimaccornero3688 11 ай бұрын

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

@allanrichardson1468 11 ай бұрын

New Orleans, LA, Jacksonville, FL, and Cairo, Egypt are at around 30 degrees North latitude tide. The two US cities, one on the Gulf of Mexico and the other on the Atlantic, have a humid subtropical climate (and are often hit by hurricanes), while Cairo has a semiarid subtropical climate, with little rain.

@timothybogle1461 10 ай бұрын

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

@mikhailmamontov2155 11 ай бұрын

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

@silvertbird1 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting. However I can affirm Venice can be quite cold, at least to my Texas sense of cold. While in the Navy, I spent several February days in Venice in the late 1980s and was cold all the time as did not have adequate clothing. However, seeing Venice off-season was worth it.

@trevcam6892 10 ай бұрын

There are, in my opinion, more differences than similarities between places with similar latitudes. I lived for some years in Blind River on the north shore of Lake Huron in Ontario. 46 degrees north. The winters were extremely cold with unbelievable amounts of snow. The summers were very warm. My home town in England is 53 degrees north. Much milder in winter. The difference is due to the warning waters of the Gulf Stream compared with Blind River being in the middle of a vast continental land mass.

@aileenmarzanna 11 ай бұрын

Alta, Norway and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Alta has farms, Prudhoe Bay has polar bears and oil rigs.