OK, we know this is a tough question. And we also know it depends on your body temperature—some people run hot, while others run cold (and age plays a factor in that, too).
Still, when you’re living the RV life, climate becomes more than a passing preference—it’s part of your daily comfort. If you’ve ever tried to sleep in a rig with no A/C on a 95-degree night, you know how miserable it can be. On the flip side, frozen water lines and icy steps aren’t exactly a picnic either.
There’s also the lifestyle factor. Hot weather might mean lounging by the lake, hiking in shorts, or enjoying long days of sunshine. But colder temps can bring cozy evenings around the fire, fewer bugs, and quieter campgrounds—especially in off-season locations.
And don’t forget the impact on your RV systems and gear. Batteries drain faster in the cold, while propane gets guzzled quicker when the furnace runs nonstop. In extreme heat, your fridge may struggle, and tires can suffer from added pressure and wear.
But if you absolutely had to pick, would you choose to live in a place where daily temperatures were most often lower than 50° Fahrenheit, or daily temperatures were more often higher than 90° Fahrenheit?
After you vote in the poll below, please feel free to leave a comment and explain your answer. We always appreciate comments. Thanks!
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North in Summer, South in Winter. Would be nice.
Somewhere in the middle.
I chose not to answer the question because we don’t have to choose between cold or hot areas. We have been fulltime for 15 years & time our travels so we most often are in areas that are between 50 & 90. Of course, we occasionally experience a day or two above 90 & near or below freezing, but we try to make it rare, not frequent. As an example, we’re coming back to our hometown in Michigan to visit our kids for the month of May, then leaving for Alaska for the summer, then work our way South before it gets colder, visiting National Parks & interesting areas I’ve discovered on the internet, & then ending up in the Yuma AZ area or South Texas for the winter.
This question doesn’t include the great thing about RV living. You don’t have to choose you just move to avoid both.
Make mine 78º – 82º
Neither answer applies. We have an RV and are not bound by your question. Thus FL for late Fall & Winter. Home in spring where average daily temperatures run 69deg in April & 76deg May. Then off to the Adirondacks for late spring through early Fall. Return home for mild Fall weather then back south again. We rarely see less than 50 degree or greater than 90 degree days. So you need a third question for RVers: Between 50 and 90 degrees.
I’ll take between 60-90. It might not be a question choice it’s just my answer outside the box you’ve given.
I will take HOT over COLD any day!
Much easier for me to Kool off than get Warm!
Most everything I like to do is warm weather outdoor related.
I would choose neither, but that wasn’t an option. We have a 12v evaporative cooler and solar panels on our motorhome rooftop. So, we could still boondock in 90+ weather as long as we were in the Southwestern US with <30% humidity. But 70 degree weather year-round would be the ideal!
Give me cold. At 69 years young, I still downhill ski, cross country ski, deer hunt, and ice fish. You can put on more clothes, but can’t remove more clothes than your birthday suit!
Temperatures? Come on! I don’t like either. We live in Florida, and when the temp hits 90 we head for the mountains in North Carolina and when their temps go below 50, we go back to Florida. 6 months here, 6 months there. it’s perfect…. So, I can’t fill out your survey
You can always put more clothes on if you are cold, but you can only take so many clothes off if you are hot. 🙂
We have an RV; we don’t stand still for either.
Assuming we are not talking about more than a daily light freeze of short duration, it is easier to put the heat on and add clothes. Fortunately we move with the seasons and have only a few days of deep cold or high heat.
Actually between 70-90F is ideal. Since we live full time attempt that. Though sometimes arriving May 1st in northern states park to be camp hosts has us freezing.
Trick question! We own RVs meaning we don’t have to choose….
BUT – When the day comes for me to get off the road, I reckon heat beats cold so put me down for 90+ in the Mojave with a frosty brew.
Just wait awhile..the world will be plenty hot for heat lovers …regardless what the “it’s all a hoax” fools say.
I picked 90 degrees or higher – but not much higher.
I grew up in the very humid southeast. Now I’m mostly in the southwest. 90 degrees is a totally different experience in those two areas I’ll take the desert 90 degrees any day.
Oh Boy! What would I rather have? A root canal on the right side or the left side? Guess I’d learn how to live at 50 or below. Once spent 90+ days in triple digit Texas. Never again.
Having grown up in the south, and spending most of my adult life living out of a rucksack in some not so inviting weather, I lean more to the middle.
this one was tough~ my body likes warmer but 90+ always is too much. 70-85 would be my pick.
I would only have chosen neither, since that’s it.
I didn’t vote for either one. Living full-time in my RV means I can travel seasonally, south in the winter, north in the summer. It’s why I’m a full-timer to begin with.
Thank you for the question, RV Travel! I picked above 90° F. That would make it summer-like all year. Have a great day and safe travels!
I chose not to vote on this one because having lived in the desert most of my life we prefer to be where the temps range from 50 to 80 degrees. We spend the summer months up along the OR & WA coast. We are what I call “refugees from the heat”.
Need more clarification. 90 deg in the southwest with dry humidity is OK but 90 deg with 90% humidity of the southeast, no…
but I also would like below 50 degree weather long term