Europe Overlaid On Us Latitude An & North American Cities At Equivalent
It's on the ocean as well, and doesn't. Be amazed as the southernmost point in europe, spain, is. This maps shows the us in relation to the area where it is overlaid.
Latitude comparison of the US and Europe r/europe
But this map projection enlarges the polar latitudes, so for example northern europe seems much bigger. Not what i would expect — budapest is further north than the twin cities? Between the two influences, western europe is warmer than the northeast united states at comparable latitudes.
Here are north american cities, overlaid on western europe and northern africa at the identical latitude:
Europe's latitudinal range is narrower, from around. Are fairly similar in size with europe (including iceland) being slightly larger. Anchorage, alaska is about the same latitude as oslo, or stockholm, and is still much colder. I played around a bit and when.
It's not only because of the gulf stream, but the fact that europe is on the western side of the continent, with the prevailing wind conditions and weather systems coming from the ocean and. As with our previous look at the counterintuitive comparison of relative population. I agree it's also often comparing the american east coast with the eurasian west coast, which due to the westerlies is like comparing apples and oranges. I never knew paris, france was at a latitude farther.
US and Europe maps, overlaid
I thought this was interesting — just in terms of how far north or south stuff is in the u.s.
The united states extends from about 24°n to 49°n, resulting in climates ranging from tropical in hawaii to arctic in alaska. The below animation of europe/north africa superimposed on north america will give you the best possible idea of how they relate to each other in terms of latitudes. Well, europe is still exceptionally warm for its latitude.
USA overlaid on Europe at the same latitude r/MapPorn
Latitude comparison of the US and Europe r/europe
