Climates of Japan and New Zealand

I searched about climate of Japan and New Zealand. I compared with Japan and New Zealand. First, both countries have the four seasons but there are just opposite. For example, when Japan is winter, New Zealand is summer so if Japanese went to New Zealand, most of them were confused and New Zealanders surf or walk when Japanese go to ski. I can not imagine! Especially, Santa Claus in New Zealand is strange for me because they do Christmas in summer. It must be very hot!

Then weather is changeable in New Zealand so they generally say “There are the four seasons in a day”. It means that it’s rain, sunny and cloudy in a day so temperature is changeable. Therefore, New Zealanders wear a shirt with long sleeves and they take a sweater or an overcoat even summer. But a gap of degree is not great. It is about 6 or 7 degree but human are effected so they take jackets.


On the other hand, New Zealand is a long island so the temperature of the north and the south is different. To speak plainly, the north area is more rainy than the south. And Japan is a long so the north area and the south area are different, too. Japan has passing shower. It is called “YUUDACHI”(written 夕立). And also Japan has rainy season. It is called “TSUYU”(written 梅雨) in Japanese.


The climate of New Zealand is changing now. It is an issue in New Zealand. It's not only New Zealand but also many countries have same issue. I think we have to solve these problems.