CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY STANISLAUS

Division of Academic Affairs

Office of International Education

STUDY ABROAD TRAVEL GUIDE

Mahmoud Lamadanie, Director Office of International Education

July 11, 2013 Email: Mlamadanie@csustan.edu

• International Access Code + Country Code + City Code + Local Number • To dial direct: first dial 011, which is the international access code for the United States. Then dial the

country code, followed by the city code, if applicable, and the local number. • To make an operator-assisted International call: dial01, followed by the country code, city code (if

any), and local number. Once the call is dialed, the operator will come on the line to ask how you want to pay for the call.

Country City Country City Country City Country City

Place Code Place Code Place Code Place Code Afghanistan 93 Austria 43 Santa Cruz 3 Valparaiso/vina

Del Mar

Kabul 20 Graz 316 Bosnia and Herzegovina

387

China 86 44

Albania 355 Innsbruck 512 Botswana 267 21 Beijing 33 Tirana 4 Linz 70

732 Brazil 55 11 Shanghai 22

Algeria 213 Salzburg 662 Brasilia * Columbia 57 Andorra 376 * Vienna 1 Porto Alegre Bogota 1 Angola 244 Azerbaijan 994 Rio de

Janeiro 32 Cali 2

Antarctica 672 * Bangladesh 880 Sao Paulo 2 Cartagena 5 Argentina 54 Dhaka 2 Brunei 673 52 Medellin 4 Buenos Aires

11 Belarus 375 Bulgaria 359 Comoros 269

Cordoba 351 Belgium 32 Plovdiv Congo, Democratic Republic of the

243

Mendoza 261 Antwerp 3 Sofia 2 Kinshasa 12 San Juan 264 Bruges 50 Varna Congo,

Republic of the 242 *

Santa Fe 342 Brussels 2 Burkina Faso 226 23 Cook Islands 682 * Armenia 374 Ghent 9 Burundi 257 * Costa Rica 506 * Yerevan 10 Mons 65 Bujumbura * Cote d’Ivoire 225 * Aruba 297 * Belize 501 Cambodia 855 * Croatia 385 Ascension Island

247 * Belize City 2 Phnom Penh Dubrovnik 20

Australia 61 Belmopan 8 Cameroon 237 Split 21 Adelaide 8 Punta Gorda 7 Cape Verde

Islands 238

41 Zagreb 1

Brisbane 7 Benin 229 * Central African Republic

236

2 Cuba 53

Canberra 2 Bhutan 975 Chad 235 32 Havana 7 Hobart 3 Thimphu 2 Chile 56 Cyprus 357 Melbourne 3 Bolivia 591 Concepcion 10 Nicosia 22 Perth Sydney

8 2

Cochabamba La Paz

4 2

Santiago 21 Czech Republic

420 *

Denmark 45 * Marseille 4 Guyana 592 Genoa 010 Diego Garcia 246 * Nice 4 Georgetown 223- Milan 02

International Dialing code

227 Djibouti 253 Paris 1 Haiti 509 * Naples 081 East Timor 670 * Tours 2 Honduras 504 * Palermo 091 Ecuador 593 French

Guiana 594 * Hong Kong 852 * Rome 06

Cuenca 7 French Polynesia

689 * Hungary 36 Vatican city 06

Amman 6 Gabon 241 * Budapest 1 Venice 041 Galapagos Islands

5

Gambia 220 * Iceland 354 * Japan 81

Guayaquil 4 Georgia 995 India 91 Hiroshima 82 Quito 2 Tbilisi 32 Bangalore 80 Kyoto 75 Egypt 20 Germany 49 Bhopal 755 Nagasaki 958 Alexandria 3 Berlin 30 Chennai 44 Nagoya 52 Aswan 97 Bonn 228 Kolkata 33 Naha 98 Cairo 2 Cologne 221 Mumbai 22 Osaka 6 Port Said 66 Dresden 351 New Delhi 11 Tokyo 3 El Salvador 503 * Düsseldorf 211 Indonesia 62 Yokohama 45 Equatorial Guinea

240 Frankfurt (Main)

69 Cirebon 231 Jordan 962

Eritrea 291 Frankfurt (Oder)

335 Denpassar (Bali)

361 Amman 6

Estonia 372 * Hamburg 40 Jakarta 21 Kazakhstan 7 Ethiopia 251 Heidelberg 6221 Malang 341 Kenya 254 Addis Ababa

1 Munich 89 Semarang 24 Mombasa 41

Falkland Island

500 * Stuttgart 711 Iran 98 Nairobi 20

Faroe Island 298 * Ghana 233 Tehran 21 Kiribati 686 * Fiji 679 * Accra 21 Iraq 964 Korea, North 850 Finland 358 Gibraltar 350 Baghdad 1 Pyongyang 2 Helsinki 9 Greece 50 Ireland 353 Korea, South 82 Pori 2 Athens 210 Cork 21 Busan 51 Vaasa 6 Patras 2610 Dublin 1 Incheon 32 France 33 Thessaloniki 2310 Galway 91 Seoul 2 Aix-en-provence

4 Greenland 299 Waterford 51 Kuwait 965 *

Bordeaux 5 Guadeloupe/ St. Bathelemy / St Martin

590

Israel 972 Kyrgyzstan 996

Cannes 5 Guatemala 502 * Haifa 4 Laos 856 Grenoble 4 Guinea 224 Jerusalem 2 Latvia 371 Lille 3 Conakry 41-

46 Tel Aviv 3 Lebanon 961

Lyon 5 Guinea-Bissau

245 Italy 39 Beirut 1

Florence 055 Lesotho 266 * Liberia 231 * Libya 218 Mozambique 258 Paraguay 595 Sierra Leone 232 Tripoli 21 Maputo 1 Asuncion 21 Freetown 22 Liechtenein 423 Myanmar 95 Peru 51 Singapore 65 *

Lithuania 370 Namibia 264 Arequipa 54 Slovakia 421 Luxembourg 352 * Windhoek 61 Cuzco 84 Bratislava 2 Macao 853 * Nauru 674 Lima 1 Slovenia 386 Macedonia 389 Nepal 977 Trujillo 44 Ljubljana 1 Madagascar 261 Netherlands 31 Philippines 63 Solomon

Islands 677 *

Malawi 265 * Amsterdam 20 Cebu 32 Somalia 252 Malaysia 60 Haarlem 23 Manila/

Quezon City 2 South Africa 27

Alor Setar 4 The Hague 70 Poland 48 Cape Town 21 Johannesburg 11 Rotterdam 10 Gdansk 58 Johannesburg 11 Pretoria 12 Netherlands

Antilles: 599 Krakow 12 Pretoria 12

Marshall Islands

692 Bonaire * Poznan 61 Spain 34

Martinique 596 Curacao 9 Warsaw 22 Barcelona 93 Mauritania 222 * St. Maarten * Portugal 351 * Madrid 91 Mauritius 230 * New

Caledonia 687 Qatar 974 * Palma de

Mallorca 971

Mayotte 269 * New Zealand 64 Reunion 262 * Seville 95 Mexico 52 Auckland 9 Romania 40 Valencia 96 Acapulco 744

Christchurch 3 Bucharest 21 Sri Lanka 94

Cancun 998 Wellington 4 Russia 7 Colombo 11 Chihuahua 614 Nicaragua 505 Moscow 495 Sudan 249 Guadalajara 33 Leon 311 St. Petersburg 812 Khartoum 1 Mexico City 55 Managua 2 Vladivostok 4232 Suriname 597 Monterrey 81 Niger Rwanda 250 * Swaziland 268 Puerto Vallarta

322 Nigeria 234 St. Helena 290 * Sweden 46

Veracruz 229 Lagos 1 St. Pierre and Miquelon

508 * Helsingborg 042

Micronesia 691 * Niue 683 * Samoa 685 * Stockholm 08 Moldova 373 Norway 47 * San Marino 378 * Uppsala 018 Monaco 377 * Oman 968 Sao Tome and

Principe 239 * Switzerland 41

Mongolia 976 Pakistan 92 Saudi Arabia 966 Baden 56 Montenegro 382 Islamabad 51 Jeddah 2 Bern 31 Morocco 212 Karachi 21 Riyadh 1 Geneva 22 Casablanca 21,

22 Palau 680 * Senegal 221 * Interlaken 33

Marrakech 24, 25

Palestine 970 Serbia 381 Lucerne 41

Rabat 30, 37

Panama Belgrade 11 Lugano 91

Tangier 31, 39

Papua New Guinea

675 * Seychelles 248 * Zurich 43, 44

Syria

963

Umm al-Qaiwain

6

Note: Canada, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and

Damascus 11 United Kingdom

44 U.S. Pacific Territories To cal Canada, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, international dialing codes are not used. Instead, dial 1, followed by the area code and the local number.

Taiwan 886 Belfast 2890

Taipel 2 Cardiff 2920 Tajikistan 992 Edinburgh 131 * No city codes required Tanzania 255 Glasgow 141 Dar es Salaam

22 Gloucester 1452

Thailand 66 Isle of Man 1624 Bankkok 2 Liverpool 151 Chiang Mai 53 London 20 Lampang 54 Manchester 161 Tak 55 Nottingham 115 Togo 228 * Uruguay 598 Tokelau 690 * Montevideo 2 Tonga 676 * Uzbekistan 998 Tunisia 216 Vanuatu 678 * Tunis 71 Venezuela 58 Turkey 90 Barcelona 281 Ankara 312 Caracas 212 Istanbul (Asia)

216 Ciudad Bolivar

285

Istanbul (Europe)

212 Maracaibo 261

Konya 332 Puerto Cabello

242

Samsun 362 San Cristobal

276

Turkmenistan 993 Vietman 84 Tuvalu 688 Hanoi 4 Uganda 256 Ho Chi

Minh City 8

Entebbe 42 Wake island 808 Kampala 41 Wallis and

Futuna 681 *

Ukraine 380 Yemen 967 Kiev 44 Sanaa 1 Odessa 048 Zambia 260 United Arab Emirates

971 Kitwe 2

Abudhabi 2 Lusaka 1 Ajman 6 Ndola 2 Al Ain 3 Zimbabwe 263 Dubai 4 Bulawayo 9 Fujairah 70 Harare 4 Ras al-Khaimah

77 Mutare 20

Sharjah 6

INTERNATIONAL CURRENCIES*Subject to change Listed to the right of each country’s monetary unit is the approximate number equal to one U.S. dollar. These rates were approximations at press time and may vary at press time and may vary considerably from current values. Do not use them for foreign-exchange transactions.

Country/ Monetary unit vs. Units per U.S. Dollar Afghanistan afghani 49.64 Canada Dollar 1.00 Slovenia, Spain Albania Lek 85.53 Cape Verde Islands Escudo 74.76 Fiji Dollar 1.52 Algeria Dinar 67.74 Cayman Islands Dollar 0.83 French Guiana Euro 0.68 Andorra Euro 0.68 Central African Republic

CFA Franc (XAF) 455.15 French Polynesia Pacific

Franc 81.57

Angola Kwanza 75.16 Chad CFA Franc (XAF) 455.15 Gabon CFA Franc (XAF) 455.15 Anguilla East Caribbean Dollar

2.72 Chile Peso 465.40 Gambia Dalasi

23.04

Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean Dollar

2.72

China Yuan Renminbi 7.20 Georgia Lari

1.77

Argentina Peso 3.16 Columbia Peso 1899.30 Ghana Cedi

0.97

Armenia Dram 309.27 Comoros Franc 334.09 Greenland Danish Krone 5.09 Aruba Florin 1.80 Congo, Democratic Republic

of the Franc 437.00 Grenada East Caribbean

Dollar 2.72

Australia Dollar 1.11 Congo, Republic of the CFA Franc

455.15 Guadeloupe Euro 0.68

Azerbaijan New Manat 0.84 Cook Islands New Zealand Dollar

1.27 Guatemala Quetzal 7.91

Azores Island Euro 0.68 Costa Rica Colon 505.65 Guinea Franc 4341.00 Bahamas Dollar 1.02 Cote d’Ivoire CFA Franc

(XOF) 444.76 Guinea-Bissau CFA Franc

(XOF) 444.76

Bahrain Dinar 0.38 Croatia Kuna 4.95 Guyana Dollar 203.73 Bangladesh Taka 69.90 Cuba Convertible Peso 0.93 Haiti Gourde 37.72 Barbados Dollar 2.02 Cyprus Pound 0.44 Honduras Lempira 19.50 Belarus Ruble 2151.50 Czech Republic Koruna 17.61 Hong Kong Dollar 7.80 Belize Dollar 1.99 Denmark Krone 5.09 Hungary Forint 175.78 Benin CFA Franc 444.76 Djibouti Franc 179.07 Iceland Krona 65.45 Bermuda Dollar 1.00 Dominica East Caribbean

Dollar 2.72 India Rupee 39.57

Bhutan Ngultrum 39.57 Dominican Republic Peso 34.45 Indonesia Rupiah 9229.89 Bolivia Boliviano 7.70 Ecuador US Dollar 1.00 Iran Rial 9397.00 Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Marka

1.33

Egypt Pound 5.59 Iraq Dinar 1209.30

Botswana Pula 6.46 El Salvador Colon 1.00 Israel New Shekel 3.61 Brazil Real 1.76 Equatorial Guinea CFA

Franc (XAF) 455.15 Jamaica Dollar 71.23

Brunei Dollar 1.44 Eritrea Nakfa 15.00 Japan Yen 106.96 Bulgaria Lev 1.33 Estonia Kroon 10.61 Jordan Dinar 0.71 Burkina Faso CFA Franc (XAF)

444.76 Ethiopia Birr 9.45 Kazakhstan Tenge 122.56

Burundi Franc 1142.60 European Union Euro .68 Kenya Shiiling 73.88 Cambodia Riel 3950.25 Austria, Belgium, Finland, Korea, North Won 2.20 Cameroon CFA Franc (XAF)

455.15 France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg

Korea, South Won 944.74

Netherlands, Portugal, Kuwait Dinar 0.27 Kyrgyzstan Som 36.14

Laos Kip 9373.00 Peru New Sol 2.96 United Kingdom Pound 0.51 Latvia Lat 0.48 Philippines Peso 40.61 Uruguay Peso 21.33 Lebanon Pound 1525.80 Poland Zloty 2.46 Uzbekistan Som 1294.00 Lesotho Loti 7.50 Qatar Rial 3.64 Vanuatu Vatu 97.50 Liberia Dollar 62.50 Reunion Euro 0.68 Venezuela Bolivar 2.14 Libya Dinar 1.23 Romania New Leu 2.49 Vietnam Dong 16129.00 Liechtenein Swiss Franc 1.09 Russia Ruble 24.59 Virgin Islands, British US

Dollar 1.00

Lithuania Litas 2.34 Rwanda Franc 553.27 Zambia Kwacha 3834.00 Macao Pataca 8.18 St Kitts and Nevis East

Caribbean Dollar 2.72 Zimbabwe Dollar 30700.00

Macedonia Denar 41.87 St. Lucia East Caribbean Dollar

2.72

Madagascar Ariary 1824.00 St Vincent/ Grenadines East Caribbean Dollar

2.72

Madeira Euro 0.68 Samoa, American US Dollar 1.00 Malawi Kwacha 142.18 Samoa Tala 2.57

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Malaysia Ringgit 3.23 San Marino Euro 0.68 Maldives Rufiyaa 12.96 Sao Tome and Principe

Dobra 14,798.00

Mali CFA Franc (XOF) 444.76 Saudi Arabia Riyal 3.75 Malta Lira 0.33 Senegal CFA Franc (XOF) 444.76 Marshall Islands US Dollar 1.00 Serbia Dinar 55.92 Martinique Euro 0.68 Seychelles Rupee 8.09 Mauritania Ouguiya 255.77 Sierra Leone Leone 3004.00 Mauritius Rupee 29.04 Singapore Dollar 1.42 Mexico Pesco 10.81 Slovakia Koruna 22.71 Micronesia US Dollar 1.00 Solomon Islands Dollar 7.63 Moldova Leu 11.45 Somalia Shilling 1432.00 Monaco Euro 0.68 South Africa Rand 7.50 Mongolia Tugrik 1172.00 Sri Lanka Rupee 107.94 Montenegro Euro 0.68 Sudan Dinar 204.30 Montserrat East Caribbean Dollar

2.72 Suriname Dollar 2.78

Morocco Dirham 7.68 Swaziland Lilangeni 7.47 Mozambique Metical 24,100.00 Sweden Krona 6.45 Myanmar Kyat 6.57 Switzerland Franc 1.09 Namibia Dollar 7.57 Syria Pound 52.10 Nepal Rupee 65.12 Taiwan Dollar 32.00 Netherlands Antilles Guilder

1.80 Tajikistan Somoni 3.46

New Caledonia PacificFranc 81.57 Tanzania Shilling 1183.00 New Zealand Dollar 1.27 Thailand Baht 31.31 Nicaragua Gold Cordoba 19.54 Togo CFA Franc (XOF) 444.76 Niger CFA Franc (XOF) 444.76 Tonga Pa’anga 2.07 Nigeria Naira 118.70 Trinidad and Tobago Dollar 6.35 Norway Krone 5.44 Tunisia Dinar 1.24 Oman Rial 0.39 Turkey New Lira 1.18 Pakistan Rupee 62.80 Turkmenistan Manat 5200.10 Panama Balboa 1.02 Turks and Caicos Islands US

Dollar 1.00

Papua New Guinea Kina 2.81 Uganda Shilling 1731.00 Paraguay Guarani 4790.00 Ukraine Hryvnia 5.16 United Arab Emirates

Dirham 3.67

LOCAL TIMES AROUND THE WORLD

The time in the following places when it’s noon in New York (EST)

Afghanistan 9:30 pm Cape Verde

Islands 4:00 pm Guatemala 11:00

am Mauritania 5:00 pm

Albania 6:00 pm Cayman Islands

12:00 pm

Guinea 5:00 pm Mauritius 9:00 pm

Algeria 6:00 pm Central African Republic

6:00 pm Guinea-Bissau 5:00 pm Mexico

Andorra 6:00 pm Chad 6:00 pm Guyana 2:00 pm Hermosillo 10:00 am Angola 6:00 pm Chile 1:00 pm Haiti 12:00

pm Mexico City 11:00 am

Anguilla 1:00 pm China * 1:00 am Honduras 11:00 am

Micronesia * 4:00 am

Antigua and Barbuda

1:00 pm Columbia 12:00 pm

Hong Kong * 1:00 am Moldova 8:00 pm

Argentina 2:00 pm Comoros 9:00 pm Hungary 6:00 pm Monaco 6:00 pm Armenia 8:00 pm Congo,

Democratic Republic of the

6:00 pm Iceland 5:00 pm Mongolia * 1:00 am

Aruba 1:00 pm Congo, Republic of the

6:00 pm India 10:30 pm

Montenegro 6:00 pm

Australia Cook Islands 7:00 am Indonesia 12:00 am

Montserrat 1:00 pm

Perth* 1:00 am Costa Rica 11:00 am

Iran 8:30 pm Morocco 4:00 pm

Adelaide* 2:30 am Cote d’Ivoire 5:00 pm Iraq 8:00 pm Mozambique 7:00 pm Sydney* 3:00 am Croatia 6:00 pm Ireland 5:00 pm Myanmar 11:30 pm Austria 6:00 pm Cuba 12:00

pm Israel 7:00 pm Namibia 7:00 pm

Azerbaijan 8:00 pm Cyprus 7:00 pm Italy 6:00 pm Nepal 10:30 pm Azores Island 4:00 pm Czech

Republic 6:00 pm Jamaica 12:00

pm Netherlands 6:00 pm

Bahamas 12:00 pm

Denmark 6:00 pm Japan * 2:00 am Netherlands Antilles:

1:00 pm

Bahrain 8:00 pm Djibouti 8:00 pm Jordan 7:00 pm New Zealand * 5:00 am Bangladesh 11:00

pm Dominica 1:00 pm Kazakhstan 11:00

pm Nicaragua 11:00 am

Barbados 1:00 pm Dominican Republic

1:00 pm Kenya 8:00 pm Niger 6:00 pm

Belarus 8:00 pm Ecuador 12:00 pm

Korea, North * 2:00 am Nigeria 6:00 pm

Belgium 6:00 pm Egypt 7:00 pm Korea, South* 2:00 am Norway 6:00 pm Belize 11:00

am El Salvador 11:00

am Kuwait 8:00 pm Oman 9:00 pm

Benin 6:00 pm England 5:00 pm Kyrgyzstan 11:00 pm

Pakistan 10:00 pm

Bermuda 1:00 pm Equatorial Guinea

6:00 pm Laos 12:00 am

Panama 12:00 pm

Bhutan 10:30 pm

Eritrea 8:00 pm Latvia 7:00 pm Papua New Guinea *

3:00 am

Bolivia 1:00 pm Estonia 7:00 pm Lebanon 7:00 pm Paraguay 2:00 pm Bosnia and Herzegovina

6:00 pm Ethiopia 8:00 pm Lesotho 7:00 pm Peru 12:00 pm

Botswana 7:00 pm Fiji * 5:00 am Liberia 5:00 pm Philippines * 1:00 am Brazil 2:00 pm Finland 7:00 pm Libya 6:00 pm Poland 6:00 pm Brunei * 1:00 am France 6:00 pm Liechtenein 6:00 pm Portugal 5:00 pm Bulgaria 7:00 pm French

Guiana 2:00 pm Lithuania 7:00 pm Puerto Rico 1:00 pm

Burkina Faso 5:00 pm Gabon 6:00 pm Luxembourg 6:00 pm Qatar 8:00 pm Burundi 7:00 pm Gambia 5:00 pm Macao * 1:00 am Reunion 9:00 pm Cambodia 12:00

am Georgia 8:00 pm Madagascar 8:00 pm Romania 7:00 pm

Cameroon 6:00 pm Germany 6:00 pm Madeira Islands 5:00 pm Russia Canada Ghana 5:00 pm Malawi 7:00 pm Moscow 8:00 pm Victoria 9:00 am Greece 7:00 pm Malaysia * 1:00 am Vladivostok * 3:00 am Calgary 10:00

am Greenland 2:00 pm Maldives 10:00

pm Rwanda 7:00 pm

Winnipeg 11:00 am

Grenada 1:00 pm Mali 5:00 pm St Kitts and Nevis

1:00 pm

Toronto 12:00 pm

Guadeloupe 1:00 pm Malta 6:00 pm St. Lucia 1:00 pm

Halifax 1:00 pm Guam * 3:00 am Martinique 1:00 pm St Vincent/ Grenadines

1:00 pm

Samoa, American

6:00 am

Samoa 6:00 am Sao Tome and Principe

5:00 pm

Saudi Arabia 8:00 pm Scotland 5:00 pm Senegal 5:00 pm Serbia 6:00 pm Seychelles 9:00 pm Sierra Leone 5:00 pm Singapore * 1:00 am Slovakia 6:00 pm Slovenia 6:00 pm Solomon Islands*

4:00 am

Somalia 8:00 pm South Africa 7:00 pm Spain 6:00 pm Sri Lanka 10:30

pm

Sudan 7:00 pm Suriname 2:00 pm Swaziland 7:00 pm Sweden 6:00 pm Switzerland 6:00 pm Syria 8:00 pm Tahiti 7:00 am Taiwan * 1:00 am Tajikistan 11:00

pm

Tanzania 8:00 pm Tasmania * 3:00 am Thailand 12:00

am

Togo 5:00 pm Tonga * 6:00 am Trinidad and Tobago

1:00 pm

Tunisia 6:00 pm Turkey 7:00 pm Turkmenistan 10:00

pm

Turks and Caicos

12:00 pm

Uganda 8:00 pm Ukraine 8:00 pm United Arab Emirates

9:00 pm

United States Honolulu 7:00 am Anchorage 8:00 am Los Angeles 9:00 am Denver 10:00

am

Houston 11:00 am

Washington DC

12:00 pm

Uruguay 2:00 pm Uzbekistan 11:00

pm

Vanuatu * 4:00 am Venezuela 1:00 pm Vietnam 12:00

am

Virgin Islands 1:00 pm Yemen 8:00 pm Zambia 7:00 pm Zimbabwe 7:00 pm

TRAVEL WEBSITES AND TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS

Airlines

Air Lingus 1-800-474-7424 www.aerlingus.com

El Al Israel Airlines 1-800-223-6700 www.elal.com

SAS Scandinavian Airlines 1-800-221-2350 www.flysas.com

AeroMexico 1-800-237-6639 www.aeromexico.com

Finnair 1-800-950-5000 www.finnair.com

Singapore Airlines 1-800-742-3333 www.singaporeair.com

Air Canada 1-888-247-2262 www.aircanada.com

Iberia 1-800-772-4642 www.iberia.com

Southwest Airlines 1-800-435-9792 www.southwest.com

Air France 1-800-237-2747 www.airfrance.com

Icelandair 1-800-223-5500 www.icelandair.com

Swissair 1-877-359-7947 www.swiss.com

Air New Zealand 1-800262-1234 www.airnewzealand.com

Japan Airlines 1-800-525-3663 www.jal.com

TAP Portugal 1-800-221-7370 www.flytap.com

Alaska Airlines 1-800-252-7522 www.alaskaair.com

JetBlue Airways 1-800-538-2583 www.jetblue.com

United 1-800-864-8331 www.united.com

Alitalia 1-800-223-5730 www.alitalia.com

KLM 1-800-225-2525 www.klm.com

US Airways 1-800-428-4322 www.usairways.com

American Airlines 1-800-433-7300 www.aa.com

Korean Air 1-800-438-5000 www.koreanair.com

Varig Brasil 1-800-468-2744 www.varigbrasil.com

ANA 1-800-235-9262 www.ana.co.jp/eng

LAN Airlines 1-800-435-9526 www.lan.com

Virgin Atlantic 1-800-821-5438 www.virgin-atlantic.com

Asiana Airlines 1-800-227-4262 www.flyasiana.com

Lufthansa 1-800-399-5838 www.lufthansa.com

British Airways 1800-AIRWAYS 1-800-247-9297 www.ba.com

Malaysia Airlines 1-800-552-9264 www.malaysiaairlines.com

Caribbean Airlines 1-800-920-4255 www.caribbean-airlines.com

Mexicana 1-800-531-7921 www.mexicana.com

Cathway Pacific 1-800-233-2742 www.cathaypacific.com

Midwest Airlines 1-800-452-2022 www.midwestairlines.com

China Airlines 1-800-227-5118 www.china-airlines.com/en/

Northwest Airlines 1-800-225-2525 www.nwa.com

Continental Airlines 1-800-523-3273 www.continental.com

Olympic Airlines 1-800-223-1226 www.olympicairlines.com

Copa Airlines 1-800-359-2672 www.copaair.com

Qantas 1-800-227-4500 www.qantas.com.au

Delta Airlines 1-800-221-1212 www.delta.com

Hotels

Best Western 1-800-780-7234 www.bestwestern.com

Radisson 1-888-201-1718 www.radisson.com

Choice Hotel 1-877-424-6423 www.choicehotels.com

Ramada 1-800-272-6232 www.ramada.com

Courtyard 1-800-321-2211 www.marriott.com/courtyard

Relais & Chateaux 1-800-735-2478 www.relaischateaux.com

Crowne Plaza 1-877-227-6963 www.crowneplaza.com

Renaissance 1-800-468-3571 www.marriott.com/renaissancehotels

Days Inn 1-800-329-7466 www.daysinn.com

Residence Inn 1-800-331-3131 www.marriott.com/residenceinn

Double Tree 1-800-222-8733 doubletree.hilton.com

Ritz-Carlton 1-800-241-3333 www.ritzcarlton.com

Embassy Suites 1-800-362-2779 embassysuites.hilton.com

Sheraton 1-800-325-3535 www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton

Fairmont Hotels and Resorts 1-800-257-7544 www.fairmont.com

Sofitel/Accor 1-800-668-6835 www.sofitel.com

Four Seasons 1-800-819-5053 www.fourseasons.com

Sonesta Collection 1-800-766-3782 www.sonesta.com

Hampton Inn 1-800-426-7866 hamptoninn.hilton.com

Travelodge 1-800-578-7878 www.travelodge.com

Hilton 1-800-445-8667 www.hilton.com

Westin 1-800-937-8461 www.starwoodhotels.com/westin

Holiday Inn 1-888-465-4329 www.holidayinn.com

W Hotels 1-877-946-8357 www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels

Howard Johnson 1-800-446-4656 www.hojo.com

Wyndham 1-877-999-3223 www.wyndham.com

Hyatt 1-888-591-1234 www.hyatt.com

Intercontinental 1-888-424-6835 www.intercontinental.com

Le Meridien 1-800-543-4300 www.lemeridien.com

Marriot 1-888-236-2427 Marriot.com

Omni 1-888-444-6664 www.omnihotels.com

Preferred 1-800-323-7500 www.preferredhotels.com

Car Rentals

Alamo 1-800-462-5266 www.alamo.com

Avis 1-800-331-1212 www.avis.com

Budget 1-800-527-0700 www.budget.com

Dollar 1-800-800-3665 www.dollar.com

Enterprise 1-800-261-7331 www.enterprise.com

Hertz 1-800-654-3131 www.hertz.com

National 1-800-227-7368 www.nationalcar.com

Thrifty 1-800-847-4389 www.thrifty.com

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PHONE (7) (495) 933-8400 Av. Atlantica 1702, Store 1 Lisbon, Portugal 22021-001 Travel Store (R) Munich, Germany Phone (55) (11) 4004-7797 Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 97-1 Reiseland American Express (R) 1150-279 Promenadeplatz 6 Rome, Italy PHONE (351) 21-356-53-00 Bayerischer Hof, D-80333 Piazza di Spagna 38, 0087 PHONE (49) (89) 2909-0145 PHONE (39) (06) 67641 London, England 78 Brompton Rd. Nairobi, Kenya San Jose, Costa Rica Knightsbridge SW3 1ER Express travel Group (R) Asv/Olympia (R) PHONE (44) (20) 7761-7905 Middle East Bank Tower Oficentro Ejecutivo La Sabana 2nd Floor, 00100 Edificio #1, Sabana Sur, 100 Madrid, Spain PHONE (254) (20) 273-4968 PHONE (506) 242-8585 Madrid Airport-Barajas Arrivals 1, Terminal 1, 28042 New Delhi, India Seoul, South Korea PHONE (34) (91) 393-82-16 Ashlin Travles Pvt. Ltd. (R) Hanatour Service, Inc. (R) 64 Yashwant Place Hanmi Building, 4th Floor Manama, Bahrain Chanakya Puri, 110021 1 Kongpyong-Dong, Chongro-Gu Kanoo Travel Agency (R) PHONE (91) (11) 2688-2727 110-160 Al Khalifa Rd. PHONE (86) (2) 2127-1840 PHONE (973) 1722-0748 Nice, France Aeroport Nice Cote d’Azur Shanghai, China Manila, Phillipines Terminal 1, Arrivals, Gate A2, 06281 New Shanghai CITS (R) Adventure International Tours Inc. (R) PHONE (33) (4) 93-21-59-79 No. 1 Building, 16th Floor 1810 A. Mabini St., Corner Chang An Mansion, 200070 Remedios St., Malate, 1004 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia PHONE (86) (21) 6380-9743 PHONE (63) (2) 524-8681 Tahiti Tours (R) Rue Jeanne d’Arc Singapore Marrakech, Morocco PHONE (689) 540-250 300 Beach Rd. Voyages Schwartz, S.A. (R) 18-01/07 The Concourse, 199555 Immeuble Moutaouakil Paris, France PHONE (65) 6880-1111 1, rue Mauritania 11, rue Scribe, 75009 PHONE (212) (24) 42-31-62 PHONE (33) (1) 47-77-79-28 Sofia, Bulgaria Polytours Ltd. (R) Melbourne, Australia Penang, Malaysia 61 Tzar Asen St., 1463 233 Collins St., Ground Floor, 3000 Mayflower Acme Tours (R) PHONE (359) (2) 981-1222 PHONE (61) 1300-139-060 (toll-free) 48, Jalan Rangoon, 10400 PHONE (60) (4) 228-7888 Sydney, Australia 105 Pitt St., Ground Floor, 2000 PHONE (61) 1300-139-060 (toll-free)

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Average daily highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit January March May July September November Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Amsterdam NETHERLANDS 41 34 48 37 61 46 69 55 64 51 48 39 Athens GREECE 55 44 60 47 74 60 89 73 83 67 64 53 Bangkok THAILAND 89 71 92 78 92 80 90 78 89 77 88 74 Barcelona SPAIN 55 40 60 44 68 63 81 66 78 62 62 46 Beijing CHINA 34 17 52 33 78 57 86 72 78 59 49 32 Berlin GERMANY 35 26 47 33 65 45 73 56 66 50 45 35 Bogotá COLUMBIA 66 43 67 47 65 48 64 47 65 46 65 47 Brisbane AUSTRALIA 84 70 83 67 74 57 69 49 75 55 81 64 Brussels BELGIUM 42 34 49 38 63 47 72 56 66 52 48 39 Budapest HUNGARY 34 25 50 36 72 52 82 61 73 54 46 37 Buenos Aires ARGENTINA 85 64 79 59 65 47 58 41 56 46 66 55 Cairo EGYPT 65 49 73 54 89 64 93 72 90 69 75 58 Copenhagen DENMARK 37 30 41 32 60 45 69 55 61 50 50 41 Dubai UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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Dublin IRELAND 46 37 49 39 57 45 66 54 61 50 50 41 Helsinki FINLAND 26 16 34 23 59 41 70 53 56 43 36 28 Hong Kong CHINA 67 58 71 63 83 75 89 81 87 79 76 67 Istanbul TURKEY 46 37 51 40 69 54 82 66 76 61 57 47 Jakarta INDONESIA 83 75 86 75 88 76 88 74 89 75 88 76 Johannesburg SOUTHAFRICA 77 60 74 58 66 48 61 42 71 51 74 56 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA 89 73 91 74 90 75 89 74 89 74 88 74 Lima PERU 79 68 80 69 72 63 67 60 67 59 72 63 Lisbon PORTUGAL 57 45 62 49 70 54 82 63 80 62 63 51 London ENGLAND 45 36 51 38 62 47 72 56 66 52 51 40 Madrid SPAIN 51 32 60 38 71 48 90 61 82 55 58 39 Manchester ENGLAND 44 35 48 37 59 45 67 54 62 50 48 40 Manila PHILLIPINES 86 71 90 73 93 77 88 76 88 75 87 74 Melbourne AUSTRALIA 79 56 75 55 62 47 55 41 61 44 71 50 Mexico City MEXICO 70 45 76 50 79 55 74 56 73 55 72 48 Milan ITALY 44 25 56 34 70 49 83 60 75 54 52 33 Moscow RUSSIA 21 11 34 22 63 44 71 55 57 43 32 24 Mumbai (Bombay) INDIA 85 65 89 72 91 81 85 79 86 77 90 72 Munich GERMANY 36 24 48 32 63 44 72 54 66 48 44 32 Nairobi KENYA 77 58 80 60 74 59 71 54 76 55 75 60 New Delhi INDIA 68 48 83 62 101 80 93 81 92 78 81 57 Nice FRANCE 55 42 58 46 67 56 79 67 75 63 61 48 Osaka JAPAN 47 33 54 39 74 57 86 74 83 69 63 46 Paris FRANCE 43 34 51 38 64 49 75 58 69 52 49 39 Prague CZECH REPUBLIC 34 24 46 32 64 45 72 54 65 48 41 32 Riyadh SAUDIARABIA 67 48 80 60 101 78 109 84 104 78 81 59 Rome ITALY 55 39 59 43 71 54 83 66 79 62 62 46 Sao Paulo BRAZIL 81 67 81 66 74 59 71 55 73 57 78 63 Seoul SOUTH KOREA 34 21 49 35 72 56 82 71 77 63 52 38 Shangai CHINA 45 34 53 42 74 61 88 77 80 69 61 48 Singapore 85 75 88 77 88 78 87 78 87 76 87 76 Stockholm SWEDEN 31 22 37 26 60 41 70 54 58 45 39 31 Sydney AUSTRALIA 79 65 77 63 68 51 62 44 68 50 75 59 Taipei TAIWAN 66 55 70 59 82 71 92 78 87 75 74 64 Tokyo JAPAN 48 35 54 41 72 58 82 71 79 69 61 49 Vienna AUSTRIA 36 27 49 35 67 49 77 59 69 53 44 35 Warsaw POLAND 33 24 44 31 65 47 73 55 64 47 42 33 Zurich SWITZERLAND 36 29 47 36 62 48 73 58 65 52 43 36

Precipitation in Selected World Cities

Average number of days per month with precipitation (rain, snow, or the equivalent) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Amsterdam NETHERLANDS 19 15 13 14 12 12 14 14 15 18 19 19 Athens GREECE 7 6 5 3 3 2 1 1 2 4 6 7 Bangkok THAILAND 1 1 3 3 9 10 13 13 15 14 5 1 Barcelona SPAIN 5 6 6 7 7 5 3 5 6 6 6 6 Beijing CHINA 3 3 3 4 6 9 13 11 7 4 2 2 Berlin GERMANY 10 8 9 10 8 9 10 10 8 8 8 11 Bogotá COLUMBIA 6 7 13 20 17 16 18 16 13 20 16 15 Brisbane AUSTRALIA 12 12 13 11 10 8 7 6 5 7 10 11 Brussels BELGIUM 12 10 11 12 10 11 11 11 10 12 12 13 Budapest HUNGARY 13 12 11 11 13 13 10 9 7 10 14 13 Buenos Aires ARGENTINA 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 8 Cairo EGYPT 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Copenhagen DENMARK 9 7 8 9 8 8 9 12 8 9 10 11 Dubai UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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Dublin IRELAND 13 11 10 11 11 11 13 13 12 12 12 13 Helsinki FINLAND 11 8 8 8 8 9 8 12 11 12 11 11 Hong Kong CHINA 4 5 7 8 13 18 17 15 12 6 2 3 Istanbul TURKEY 12 10 9 6 5 4 3 3 5 9 11 15 Jakarta INDONESIA 18 17 15 11 9 7 5 4 5 8 12 14 Johannesburg SOUTHAFRICA 12 9 9 4 3 1 1 1 2 7 10 12 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA 14 14 17 20 16 13 12 14 17 20 20 18 Lima PERU 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 Lisbon PORTUGAL 16 16 15 16 13 9 5 4 8 13 15 17 London ENGLAND 17 13 11 14 13 11 13 13 13 14 16 16 Madrid SPAIN 9 9 11 9 9 6 3 2 6 8 10 9 Manchester ENGLAND 18 14 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 17 18 Manila PHILLIPINES 6 3 4 4 12 17 24 23 22 19 14 11 Melbourne AUSTRALIA 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 Mexico City MEXICO 4 5 9 14 17 21 27 27 23 13 6 4 Milan ITALY 7 6 6 6 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 Moscow RUSSIA 11 9 8 9 9 10 12 12 9 11 10 9 Mumbai (Bombay) INDIA 0 0 0 0 1 14 21 19 13 3 1 0 Munich GERMANY 10 9 10 13 13 14 14 13 11 10 9 11 Nairobi KENYA 5 6 11 16 17 9 6 7 6 8 15 11 New Delhi INDIA 2 2 1 1 2 4 8 8 4 1 0 1 Nice FRANCE 8 8 8 7 8 5 2 5 6 9 7 8 Osaka JAPAN 5 6 10 11 10 12 10 8 10 8 7 5 Paris FRANCE 15 13 15 14 13 11 12 12 11 14 15 17 Prague CZECH REPUBLIC 13 11 10 11 13 12 13 12 10 13 12 13 Riyadh SAUDIARABIA 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rome ITALY 8 11 5 6 6 3 2 3 6 9 8 9 Sao Paulo BRAZIL 19 17 15 10 10 8 6 8 11 13 14 13 Seoul SOUTH KOREA 8 6 7 8 10 10 16 13 9 7 9 9 Shangai CHINA 9 11 13 13 15 14 12 9 12 8 8 8 Singapore 17 11 14 15 15 13 13 14 14 16 18 19 Stockholm SWEDEN 8 7 7 6 8 7 9 10 8 9 9 9 Sydney AUSTRALIA 14 13 14 14 13 12 12 11 12 12 12 13 Taipei TAIWAN 9 13 12 14 12 13 10 12 10 9 7 8 Tokyo JAPAN 5 6 10 10 10 12 10 9 12 11 7 5 Vienna AUSTRIA 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 7 8 8 9 Warsaw POLAND 15 14 11 13 11 13 16 13 12 12 12 16 Zurich SWITZERLAND 14 13 12 13 14 15 14 14 12 12 12 13

Percentages representing the ratio between the amounts of water vapor actually found in the air and the

maximum amount possible in air of the same temperature.

January March May July September November 7am 1pm 7am 1pm 7am 1pm 7am 1pm 7am 1pm 7am 1pm Anchorage AK 74 72 70 57 63 49 73 62 79 63 77 73 Atlanta GA 78 59 78 51 82 53 88 60 88 59 81 55 Baltimore MD 72 57 72 51 77 52 80 53 85 55 78 55 Boston MA 67 57 69 59 72 59 73 57 79 60 74 59 Calgary AB, CAN 67 59 73 55 71 42 76 44 77 45 71 56 Charlotte NC 78 56 78 50 83 52 86 56 89 57 83 53 Chicago NC 79 68 78 59 80 55 85 57 88 58 80 63 Cincinnati OH 79 68 78 59 80 55 85 57 88 58 80 63 Cleveland OH 78 69 78 63 78 57 81 57 85 60 77 65 Colorado Springs CO 57 47 61 39 66 37 68 39 66 37 60 46 Columbus OH 77 67 75 57 79 55 84 56 87 57 80 63 Dallas/Ft. Worth TX 80 60 80 56 87 60 81 49 85 55 81 57 Denver CO 64 49 68 40 71 38 69 34 69 34 68 49 Detroit MI 80 69 79 61 78 53 82 54 87 57 82 65 Edmonton AB, CAN 74 69 79 65 75 41 88 54 87 53 80 67 Ft. Lauderdale FL 84 59 82 56 80 59 85 64 87 66 84 62 Honolulu HI 81 61 73 57 67 53 67 51 68 52 75 58 Houston TX 86 64 87 59 92 60 93 57 93 60 89 60 Indianapolis IN 81 70 80 62 82 56 87 60 90 58 84 67 Jacksonville FL 87 68 86 50 85 50 88 58 92 62 90 56 Kansas City MO 77 64 78 59 83 59 84 58 86 59 79 62 Las Vegas NV 56 31 46 22 32 14 29 15 33 17 46 26 Los Angeles CA 63 50 74 52 81 55 84 53 78 54 61 49 Louisville KY 76 64 76 57 82 55 85 58 88 59 79 61 Memphis TN 79 63 76 56 82 55 84 57 86 56 80 56 Miami FL 84 59 82 56 80 59 84 63 87 66 85 62 Milwaukee WI 76 68 79 65 77 60 82 61 86 63 81 67 Minneapolis MN 74 67 76 61 76 52 81 54 85 59 80 66 Montreal QC, CAN 75 69 75 61 75 52 82 55 87 60 82 70 Nashville TN 80 63 78 53 86 56 89 57 90 58 82 59 New Orleans LA 85 66 85 60 89 60 91 66 89 65 86 61 New York NY 68 60 67 55 71 53 75 55 79 57 73 59 Oakland CA 83 72 80 66 83 66 87 68 83 64 82 69 Orlando FL 88 56 88 50 88 49 90 58 92 60 89 56 Philadelphia PA 73 59 72 52 75 52 79 54 8349 56 78 56 Phoenix AZ 67 33 57 24 35 13 44 20 86 23 57 27 Pittsburg PA 76 65 75 57 76 52 82 54 87 57 79 62 Portland OR 86 75 86 60 85 53 82 45 68 48 88 74 Reno NV 79 51 69 33 66 25 63 18 78 21 75 41 Sacramento CA 90 70 85 54 81 35 77 28 88 31 86 57 St. Louis MO 81 66 81 59 82 55 84 56 61 58 83 63 Salt Lake City UT 79 70 71 47 65 33 52 22 86 29 75 59 San Antonio TX 80 59 79 53 88 59 87 52 80 54 81 55 San Diego CA 71 56 75 60 77 64 82 66 87 65 72 61 San Francisco CA 81 63 81 61 89 68 92 74 79 66 82 63 San Juan PR 82 64 77 60 77 66 79 67 86 67 81 67 Seattle WA 81 74 83 62 83 54 82 49 91 56 84 75 Tampa FL 87 59 87 55 86 52 87 63 89 61 88 57 Toronto ON, CAN 83 76 82 68 76 55 79 54 91 61 86 74 Vancouver BC, CAN 88 81 87 70 84 63 85 62 91 69 88 79 Washington DC 70 55 70 50 74 52 76 53 81 56 75 54 West Palm Beach FL 83 59 81 56 79 59 85 64 87 66 83 61

Average number of days per month with precipitation (rain, snow, or the equivalent)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Anchorage AK 8 8 7 6 7 8 12 14 14 12 10 11 Atlanta GA 12 11 11 10 10 11 13 12 8 7 8 11 Baltimore MD 11 9 11 11 11 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 Boston MA 12 10 12 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 10 11 Calgary AB, CAN 9 8 9 8 11 13 12 10 9 6 7 8 Charlotte NC 10 10 11 7 10 8 10 8 7 7 7 8 Chicago NC 11 10 12 11 12 11 9 9 9 9 10 11 Cincinnati OH 13 11 13 12 12 13 10 9 8 9 10 11 Cleveland OH 16 14 16 15 13 11 10 9 9 10 15 15 Colorado Springs CO 5 5 8 8 10 9 13 12 7 5 4 5 Columbus OH 13 11 14 13 13 11 11 9 8 9 12 13 Dallas/Ft. Worth TX 9 7 7 9 9 7 5 6 6 7 6 7 Denver CO 6 6 8 9 11 9 9 8 5 6 5 4 Detroit MI 13 12 13 11 13 11 9 9 10 10 12 14 Edmonton AB, CAN 11 9 10 7 10 13 14 12 10 6 9 11 Ft. Lauderdale FL 5 7 5 6 14 18 16 16 18 15 8 4 Honolulu HI 14 11 13 12 11 12 14 13 13 13 13 15 Houston TX 9 8 8 7 7 8 10 10 8 6 8 11 Indianapolis IN 12 10 13 12 12 10 10 9 8 8 11 12 Jacksonville FL 8 8 8 6 8 12 14 15 13 8 6 8 Kansas City MO 7 8 9 11 12 11 9 9 10 7 6 7 Las Vegas NV 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 Los Angeles CA 6 6 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 6 Louisville KY 11 11 13 12 12 10 11 8 8 8 10 11 Memphis TN 10 10 11 11 8 8 9 9 6 5 8 10 Miami FL 9 6 7 7 12 13 15 15 18 16 10 7 Milwaukee WI 11 9 12 12 12 11 10 9 9 9 11 11 Minneapolis MN 8 7 8 10 12 12 9 9 9 9 7 8 Montreal QC, CAN 16 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 11 13 15 17 Nashville TN 11 11 12 11 11 9 10 9 8 7 8 11 New Orleans LA 10 9 9 7 8 11 14 13 10 6 7 10 New York NY 12 10 12 11 11 10 12 10 9 9 9 10 Oakland CA 10 9 9 6 3 1 1 1 1 4 8 9 Orlando FL 6 7 8 6 9 14 17 16 14 9 6 6 Philadelphia PA 12 11 12 11 11 10 11 11 8 8 9 10 Phoenix AZ 4 4 4 2 1 1 5 6 3 2 3 4 Pittsburg PA 16 14 15 13 13 12 12 10 9 10 12 14 Portland OR 19 17 17 14 13 10 3 4 8 12 17 19 Reno NV 6 6 6 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 Sacramento CA 10 9 9 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 7 9 St. Louis MO 9 9 11 11 11 11 9 8 8 8 8 9 Salt Lake City UT 10 9 10 9 8 5 4 6 5 7 7 10 San Antonio TX 8 8 7 7 9 6 4 5 7 6 7 8 San Diego CA 6 7 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 6 San Francisco CA 11 11 10 6 4 2 0 0 2 4 7 10 San Juan PR 17 13 12 13 17 16 19 19 17 17 18 19 Seattle WA 18 16 16 13 12 9 4 5 8 13 17 19 Tampa FL 7 7 6 5 7 15 17 17 15 8 5 7 Toronto ON, CAN 16 12 13 12 13 11 10 9 12 11 13 13 Vancouver BC, CAN 20 17 17 14 12 11 7 8 9 16 19 22 Washington DC 11 10 12 11 12 11 11 11 8 8 9 10 West Palm Beach FL 8 7 8 7 11 14 15 16 17 13 9 8

Average daily highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Anchorage AK 21/8 26/12 33/18 43/29 54/39 62/47 65/52 63/50 55/42 41/29 27/15 23/10 Atlanta GA 50/32 55/33 64/43 73/50 80/59 86/66 88/70 87/69 82/64 73/52 63/43 54/35 Baltimore MD 40/23 44/26 54/34 64/43 74/53 83/62 87/67 85/66 79/58 67/46 57/37 45/28 Boston MA 36/22 38/23 46/31 56/40 67/50 76/59 82/65 80/64 73/57 63/47 52/38 40/27 Calgary AB, CAN 26/4 31/10 38/17 51/29 62/37 69/45 74/49 73/47 63/39 55/30 37/16 28/6 Charlotte NC 49/30 53/32 62/39 71/48 78/56 86/66 89/70 88/69 82/63 72/51 63/42 52/33 Chicago NC 30/15 35/19 46/30 59/40 71/50 81/60 84/66 83/64 75/57 64/45 49/34 35/21 Cincinnati OH 37/20 41/23 53/33 64/42 74/52 82/60 86/65 84/63 78/57 66/44 53/35 42/24 Cleveland OH 32/18 35/19 46/28 58/37 69/47 78/57 82/61 81/60 74/54 62/44 50/35 37/25 Colorado Springs CO 41/16 45/19 50/25 60/33 69/42 79/51 84/57 81/55 74/47 64/36 51/25 42/17 Columbus OH 34/19 38/21 51/31 62/40 72/50 80/58 83/63 82/61 76/55 65/43 51/34 39/25 Dallas/Ft. Worth TX 54/33 59/37 68/46 76/55 83/63 92/70 97/74 96/74 88/67 79/56 67/45 58/36 Denver CO 43/16 47/20 52/26 62/35 71/44 81/52 88/59 86/57 77/48 66/36 53/25 45/17 Detroit MI 30/16 33/18 44/27 58/37 70/47 79/56 83/61 81/60 74/53 62/41 48/32 35/21 Edmonton AB, CAN 16/-4 23/2 32/12 50/27 63/38 70/45 73/49 71/47 62/38 52/28 31/12 20/0 Ft. Lauderdale FL 77/60 78/59 80/63 83/66 86/70 88/74 90/75 90/75 89/75 86/71 81/65 78/60 Honolulu HI 80/66 81/65 82/67 83/69 85/70 87/72 88/74 89/74 89/74 87/72 84/70 81/67 Houston TX 61/38 65/43 71/50 78/58 85/64 90/71 93/72 93/72 88/68 82/58 72/50 65/42 Indianapolis IN 34/17 38/20 50/31 62/41 73/52 82/61 86/65 84/63 78/56 66/43 52/34 39/23 Jacksonville FL 64/41 67/43 73/49 79/55 85/62 89/69 91/72 91/72 87/69 80/59 74/50 67/43 Kansas City MO 35/17 41/22 53/33 65/44 74/54 83/63 89/68 86/66 78/57 68/46 53/34 39/22 Las Vegas NV 58/34 63/39 69/44 78/51 88/60 100/69 106/76 103/74 95/66 82/54 67/43 58/34 Los Angeles CA 67/19 69/51 70/52 72/54 74/58 78/61 84/65 85/66 83/65 79/60 72/54 68/49 Louisville KY 40/23 45/27 56/36 67/45 76/55 84/63 87/67 86/66 80/59 69/46 57/37 45/29 Memphis TN 49/31 54/35 63/43 73/52 81/61 89/69 92/73 91/71 84/65 74/52 62/43 53/35 Miami FL 75/59 77/60 79/64 82/68 85/72 88/75 89/76 89/77 88/76 85/72 80/67 77/62 Milwaukee WI 26/12 30/16 40/26 53/36 64/45 75/55 80/62 78/61 70/53 59/42 45/31 31/18 Minneapolis MN 21/3 27/9 39/23 57/36 69/48 79/58 84/63 81/60 71/50 59/39 41/25 26/10 Montreal QC, CAN 22/5 24/7 36/20 51/33 65/45 74/55 79/60 76/57 67/49 55/38 41/28 27/12 Nashville TN 46/27 51/30 61/39 71/48 79/57 87/65 90/69 88/68 83/61 73/48 60/40 50/31 New Orleans LA 61/42 64/44 72/52 79/58 84/65 89/71 91/73 90/73 87/70 79/59 71/51 64/45 New York NY 38/25 40/27 50/35 61/44 72/54 80/63 85/68 84/67 76/60 65/50 54/41 43/31 Oakland CA 55/42 59/45 61/47 64/49 67/52 70/55 71/56 72/57 74/57 70/53 63/48 56/43 Orlando FL 71/49 73/50 78/35 83/59 88/66 91/72 92/73 92/73 90/72 85/66 79/58 73/51 Philadelphia PA 38/23 41/25 52/33 63/42 73/53 82/62 86/67 85/66 78/59 66/46 55/38 43/28 Phoenix AZ 66/41 71/45 76/49 85/55 94/64 104/73 106/81 104/79 98/73 88/61 75/49 66/42 Pittsburg PA 34/19 37/20 49/30 60/39 71/48 79/57 83/62 81/60 74/54 63/42 50/34 39/24 Portland OR 45/34 51/36 56/39 61/41 67/47 74/53 80/57 80/57 75/52 64/45 53/40 46/35 Reno NV 45/21 52/24 56/29 64/33 73/40 83/47 92/51 90/50 80/41 69/33 54/27 46/20 Sacramento CA 53/38 60/41 64/43 71/46 80/50 88/55 93/58 92/58 87/56 78/50 63/43 53/38 St. Louis MO 38/21 43/25 55/36 67/46 76/56 85/66 89/70 87/68 80/61 69/48 55/38 42/26 Salt Lake City UT 36/19 44/25 52/31 61/38 72/46 83/55 92/64 89/52 79/51 66/40 51/31 38/22 San Antonio TX 61/38 66/41 74/50 80/58 85/66 92/73 95/75 85/75 89/69 81/59 72/49 64/41 San Diego CA 66/49 67/51 66/53 68/56 69/59 72/62 76/66 78/67 77/66 75/61 70/54 66/49 San Francisco CA 56/46 60/49 61/49 62/50 63/51 64/53 65/54 66/55 69/56 69/55 63/52 56/47 San Juan PR 83/71 84/71 84/72 86/73 87/75 89/76 89/77 88/77 89/76 88/76 86/74 84/72 Seattle WA 46/36 51/38 54/40 58/43 64/48 70/53 74/56 74/57 69/53 60/47 52/41 46/37 Tampa FL 70/50 71/52 77/57 82/61 87/68 90/73 90/75 90/75 89/73 84/65 78/57 72/52 Toronto ON, CAN 28/15 29/15 39/24 52/35 65/45 73/54 79/60 77/58 68/50 56/39 44/31 33/20 Vancouver BC, CAN 42/33 46/35 50/38 55/42 61/48 66/53 70/56 70/56 65/52 56/45 47/38 43/34 Washington DC 42/27 46/29 57/40 67/46 76/57 85/67 89/71 87/70 80/64 69/50 58/41 47/32 West Palm Beach FL 75/56 76/57 79/61 82/65 86/70 88/73 90/75 90/75 89/75 85/71 80/65 76/59 Source: American Express

Wisdom from Around the World

Compiled by: Mahmoud Lamadanie

A boat doesn’t go forward if each is rowing his own way. (African, Swahili) A turtle travels only when it sticks its neck out. (Korean)

The human mind is like a parachute it works best when it’s open

Better poor with honor than rich with shame. (Dutch)

A small leak will sink a great ship. (Russian)

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid of standing still. (Japanese)

Better to die standing than to live on your knees. (Yiddish)

Live like a lion you only die once, live like a chicken you die every day

Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. (Malaysia)

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a

lifetime. (Chinese) God gives us two ears and one mouth so that we use in the same proportion. (Irish)

He who is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. (American)

If you understand everything, you must be misinformed. (Japanese)

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (Chinese)