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ELI5: Why are places like Japan experiencing extreme heatwaves of 40-45 degrees celcius while equatorial areas such as Malaysia and Indonesia are not experiencing such high temperatures even though they are closer to the equator?
gpt
Weather is a complicated subject. Mainly so long as you are south of russia or north of new Zealand then your weather is a lot more dependent on your local atmosphere than solar intensity.

It depends on how much water is in the air, how much cloud cover, what pollutants are there in what concentrations... all of which are local factors. Which is why areas north or south of the equator can be hotter than the equator sometimes.