My bf and I have been checking Canada for a while, specially more isolated places like Saskatchewan. We’re way more familiarized by now with how the process for Canada would be, but as the sucker I am for wildlife, I really want to give Australia a try.
Sun sets at 6pm here in Mexico now that they don’t recognize DST anymore. Not saying it’s the same at 4pm but oof, it’s not that far off anymore.
Just picking random cities for comparison, though, Mexico City has more than 2h/day more daylight than Montreal in the darkest part of the year. Not only is the total daylight short but for most people working normal hours, it also means for three months of the year that it’s already pitch black out when you get off work. It also tends to be cloudy in the winter, so even when it’s “daylight” it isn’t unusual to go a whole week without actually seeing the sun.
I finally broke down and bought a full spectrum lamp that I sit in the bask of during winter mornings. It helps a bit loo
Lots of people in Mexico don’t see daylight either. Their normal working hours are much longer than Canada’s.
You’ll get used to it, eventually :)
Source: Latino living in Canada for 20+ years.
Yeah, and in my case I was working around 12 hr days in Montréal, literally lived in the darkness in that time. I’m sure I had SAD but never got it “diagnosed” so I didn’t do anything about it, out of ignorance.
And winter sun, though it’s better than cloudy day still feels a bit fake doesn’t it? I found it very funny when people sat down on Sunday afternoon, in their porch, wearing the tiniest of clothes just to catch the sun leaking between corners in the Plateau as soon as the temperature was in the positive side.
Hope that lamp is helping you, don’t forget to get your Vitamin D supplements too!
Canadian winters are dark and harsh. But Canadian summers are beautiful and amazing! The darkness is tough, but as someone from Latin America myself, I think it’s something you can get used to.