🇬🇷 Athens vs 🇺🇸 Knoxville

Mediterranean — very hot dry summers, mild wet winters

Athens has a classic Mediterranean climate but is notably hotter and drier than coastal Greek islands due to its inland location in the Attica basin surrounded by mountains. Summers are among the hottest in Europe; winters are mild and pleasant.

Knoxville at the Tennessee River bend in the Great Smoky Mountains foothills has a humid subtropical climate modified by elevation and terrain. The city sits in the Valley and Ridge physiographic province where ridge-and-valley patterns create varied microclimates. The Great Smokies to the southeast generate orographic fog that gives the range its name.