Size isn't everything

I'm always wittering on in this very blog about how the UK's weather changes so massively year-on-year, season-on-season, month-on-month and often day-on-day. Well, these clever maps provide some idea of just why that is so...

The British Isles are TINY in comparison with so many other countries in the world - and we're surrounded on all sides by ocean!

From Under the Raedar blog:

The UK covers an area of about 243,000 square km., which is quite big in some ways, but not so big in others (ask any Canadian). It's all a matter of perspective.

• Russia is 70 times larger than the UK
• Canada is about 41 times larger than the UK
• The USA and China are both approximately 40 times larger than the UK
• Brazil is 35 times bigger than the UK
• Australia is about 32 times bigger than the UK
• India is 13 times bigger
• Sudan is 10 times bigger
• Iran is 7 times bigger
• France is twice as big

To complete the picture, here's a handy online tool that you can use to compare countries and territories like-for-like. That should while away a few dull hours for you, dear reader.

You're welcome.