What Climate Should You Live In?

Although temperate climates make up around 7 percent of the world's surface, they are by far the most sought after places to live in because of their mild climates, high rainfall, and fertile soil: New Zealand, the UK, coastal areas of the USA, and Northwestern Europe.

If you love snow and ice, freezing cold temperatures, dark skies, and relative isolation, you'll love living in the polar regions of Earth. The polar regions include Antarctica, Northern Canada, Greenland, and Siberia.

Some like it hot! Bring on the sandstorms and giant water canteens, and lather on the sunscreen. You're best suited to live in an arid climate, with hot, dry weather. The arid regions include many African deserts, the Middle East, the Southwestern USA, and China's Gobi Desert.

Hot, dry summers and cool, rainy winters make the Mediterranean climate an ideal place to be for people who love fun in the sun and long vacations. Regions like coastal France and Spain, Greek Islands, Southern California, and South Australia are ideal spots for you to look into visiting, or even living.

Does hot and humid weather with daily thunderstorms and rainfall sound like heaven to you? If so, consider relocating to places like the Caribbean, South Florida (hello, Miami!), Cancun, Malaysia, West Africa, and the South Pacific. Sure, you'll have to put up with swarms of tourists, bugs the size of small rodents, and hurricanes, but hey, you'll be living in the tropics! Like Jamaican Bob Marley said, 'Every little thing is gonna be alright.'

According to our calculations, you are very adaptable! You're a survivor, and you'll find a way to make it work whether you're isolated in a cold, log cabin at the North Pole or sweating away under a tent in the Sahara. As long as you're breathing, you can live anywhere in the world and be happy.