Sunday 13 March 2011

Auckland vs London pt2: Temperature

It's Saturday night.  Needless to say, I am not out on the tiles smoking my bodyweight in crack.  I am sitting on our horrible sofa having a few beers.  Our flat is a bit thrown-together, to say the least.  I've just repositioned our draught-excluding orange towel over the big gap under our front door.  Hey, I thought, as the breeze numbed my fingertips: perhaps this will be the last time I have to worry about being bone-chillingly cold for six months of the year?




Conclusion: The Auckland Blue wins EVERY month of the year - Auckland is bloody warmer all year round!  As per sunshine hours, the difference is more noticeable in winter, where the average temp is nothing like as low as it gets in London. In London it's basically a bit chilly come November, and you feel like you've beaten the Devil if you've held off from sticking the central heating on until then. But Auckland, at its coldest, is about the same as October in London, and for six months of the year (November to April) London is colder than Auckland is at the very depths of its winter.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does that mean your winter (thermals) catsuit will be staying behind?

kong said...

No, it means the catsuit needs some pockets sewn into it, cos I won't need to wear jeans over the top of it.