Yeah as far as total yearlong riding time I'm betting it can't be beat in the US. No rain, never freezing, wide open roads. Summer gets dicey with seemingly endless months of 100+, but if you're up before the sun is then even that's not a problem. Nevertheless, I'm out of here as soon as I'm done with grad school. The dry brown landscape got really old for me. I need green again! And rain is not a bad thing in my opinion.