Dublin vs Paris

There are two places that I have always wanted to visit: Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France. Which lucky for me, they both share the same moderate, temperate weather conditions.
Looking at the historical data for the temperatures for these two locations, it shows Dublin’s highs falling between 23 and 59 and Paris’s falling between 23 and 62, and the lows being anywhere between 12 to 51 in Dublin and 14 to 51 in Paris. There isn’t much difference in the spread of high or low temperatures for these two locations, and that is because they are both moderated by the Atlantic ocean.

But one the main differences between the two locations is the fact that Paris lies inland and Dublin lies directly on the coast. For Dublin most of the moderation of temperatures comes from the proximity to the Gulf Stream, and for Paris there is moderation by the Gulf Stream to the West, as well, but the climate is also affected by the proximity to the continental climate to the East.

This is the source of air masses for Dublin, Ireland.

This the source of air masses for Paris, France.
Both of these areas are affected by the same air masses, but that is not all. They also share the same Koppen-Geiger climate rating of Cfb: warm temperate, fully humid, warm summers.

After looking online and at the other student’s blog, I have not found any real differences in climate. There are slight differences in elevation: Dublin at 279 feet and Paris at 358 feet and there is also the fact that Dublin is dominated by west-south-west winds that range between 4 to 32 mph and Paris is dominated by southwest winds that range between 3 to 26 mph.

This is a topographic map of Dublin, Ireland.

This is a topographic map of Paris.
From the topographic maps, it is clear that the biggest difference between the two locations if the topography. Ireland has minimal mountain or hills and few rivers whereas Paris seems to have a much more diverse topography and more rivers, but both of these topographies are dependent on their locations, Paris again being continental and Ireland coastal.

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http://www.google.com/imgres?q=map+that+denotes+both+Dublin,+Ireland+and+Paris,+France&um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=494&tbm=isch&tbnid=s3kfHNOfc48NdM:&imgrefurl=http://langcafe2.myfreeforum.org/archive/location-location-location__o_t__t_178.html&docid=PZHYjNOj8qzFEM&imgurl=http://www.lefrancaisfaceaface.com/share/map_transports-329x326.gif&w=329&h=326&ei=CC_hTseSM9OnsQKh2_zNBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=599&vpy=142&dur=239&hovh=223&hovw=226&tx=119&ty=184&sig=116309746359193719238&page=22&tbnh=124&tbnw=125&start=232&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:232
http://www.google.com/webhp#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=webhp&source=hp&q=how+far+is+dublin%2C+ireland+from+paris%2C+france&pbx=1&oq=how+far+is+dublin%2C+ireland+from+paris%2C+france&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2311l19950l0l20581l53l40l3l6l7l0l801l7229l2.21.7.3.1.0.1l44l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=533a712cc6ce8ba0&biw=1024&bih=494

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/climate-of-ireland.asp

http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Dublin

http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Paris