I was reminded by a link on another thread to the argument oft-made that people in Scotland are put off cycling by 'the weather'. Basically we're wetter and windier and colder than other places. The argument is also made against a 'cafe culture' (which is alive and well in Copenhagen year round - I think it was February or March I went, but people were sitting out all over the place, and trust me, it was absolutely freezing, with hail a couple of times!) So, to Google (comparison is mainly to Copenhagen, but throw up some interesting other comparisons).
Average rainfall
Copenhagen - 613mm
Edinburgh - 668mm
(noted that Inchkeith, in the FoF, gets 550mm, which is a lower average rainfall than Barcelona).
Average days per year with rainfall
Copenhagen - 113 days
Edinburgh - 191 days
(so more days with rain, but taking the average amount of precipitation our rain is lighter/lasts less time?)
Average temperatures
Copenhagen (average high) - 11.1c
Edinburgh (average high) - 12.2c
Copenhagen (average low) - 5.0c
Edinburgh (average low) - 4.8c
Copenhagen (overall) - 8.0c
Edinburgh (overall) - 8.5c
Average sunshine
Copenhagen - 1540 hours
Edinburgh - 1286 hours
(equivalent to 40 minutes more sunshine a day in Copenhagen)
So Edinburgh is slightly warmer, slightly wetter (though in shorter and lighter bursts), but gets slightly less sunshine.
So either the Danes are harder than Scots, or less lazy, or less likely to give in to spurious excuses.
(had a quick look at Amsterdam as well, and while they are more than a degree warmer on average, they actually get another 100mm of rain more than Edinburgh, and have almost the same number of days with precipitation (just 5 fewer))
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