🇿🇦 Cape Town vs 🇺🇸 Huntsville

Mediterranean — hot dry summers (Southern Hemisphere), mild wet winters

Cape Town has a classic Mediterranean climate but in the Southern Hemisphere — summers are December–February (hot and dry) and winters are June–August (cool and wet). The Cape Doctor (southeast wind) can make summer days dramatically windy. Table Mountain creates local weather patterns.

Huntsville sits in the Tennessee Valley of northern Alabama, hemmed in by Monte Sano and Green mountains. This valley position creates temperature inversions, foggy mornings, and slightly cooler summers than southern Alabama. The city is somewhat sheltered from the worst Gulf moisture but still sees active thunderstorm seasons.