Why winter in the northern hemisphere is much colder and snowier than winter in the southern hemisphere?

Question

To clarify, I’m asking why when it is winter IN the southern hemisphere, why is it milder than winters in the northern.

Not asking why are the seasons reversed.

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Answer 1

Actually OP, [it’s the other way around](http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013EGUGA..15.8172F/abstract#:~:text=Volkwardt%2C%20Silvia-,Abstract,over%20its%20origin%20for%20centuries.).

>predominantly caused by meridional heat transport in the oceans

The oceans transport heat from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere.

London has a Latitude of 51 degrees north. Dunedin, a city of New Zealand has a lattitude of 45 degrees south. These are similar distances from the ocean, although very different micro climates. I wanted to use Otago, near Dunedin, for this example but the website I’m using to compare doesn’t have it. Altitudes are similar as well.

So while Dunedin is closer to the ocean and further form the Antarctic it is [actually comparatively colder.](https://weatherspark.com/compare/y/144811~45062/Comparison-of-the-Average-Weather-in-Dunedin-and-London)