What gets most foreigners is usually the darkness in the winter, and not the temperature fwiw.
It's hard to describe, but many people end up quite depressed.
It's hard to describe, but many people end up quite depressed.
I'm an immigrant in Norway. The darkness is enough of an issue that told us know about this in the state-funded language classes and made sure we knew help was available. I'm in Trondheim, so December is full of 4.5 hours of poor sunlight each day.
If there were something else that really gets folks, it is that Norway's people are rather reserved, to a point, and it really makes some folks lonely. This combined with the dark winters really causes some folks to struggle.
Everyone gets used to the weather and quickly learns how to dress properly enough.
You'd think climate is great, but it's ALWAYS "foggy", you can't see a clear blue sky like in the inner regions of the country such as Cusco, it depresses you, I can't imagine it being even darker.
It's why I simply can't believe nordic "stories" about being the happiest place, I simply can't believe with all the money in the world you'd be happier than at a tropical beach with half of that money.
Waaay too warm and humid. And no seasons. Thanks, but no thanks.
My ideal climate is proper 4 seasons with sub-zero and snowy winters. I am pretty sure I am not the only one.
It’s not the cold or the endless weeks of rain.
It’s the days that barely feel like daylight.
Without actually personally experiencing it, I think I would have the opposite struggle. If it were dark for that long without clouds so I could have all of that extra time to view the sky I think it would be a much different situation though.
This is why New York is on the same latitude as Lisbon yet is much colder. Same for Tokyo and San Francisco.
Western Europe is about as far north as people can live in large numbers.