🇮🇳 Kolkata vs 🇨🇦 Toronto

Kolkata's tropical wet-and-dry climate is dominated by the Bay of Bengal monsoon, the Hooghly River corridor, and the vast deltaic floodplain of the Ganges. The city experiences extreme humidity from May through October, with the river and surrounding wetlands amplifying moisture levels, while winter months bring dry northwesterly winds and brief cool spells. The dense urban core generates a pronounced heat island effect, but the Hooghly riverfront, the East Kolkata Wetlands, and the Maidan parkland create significant cooling corridors that shape neighborhood-level weather.

Humid continental — cold winters, warm summers, lake-effect snow

Toronto's climate is shaped by Lake Ontario. Summers are warm and humid; winters are cold and snowy, though less extreme than Chicago. The western Toronto waterfront gets more lake-effect snow. Fall is beautiful with foliage.