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The tables indicate information about the maximum and minimum temperatures, together with the daylight hours in Mumbai and Moscow over the same weekend in May, 2007.
Overall, it is clear that the temperatures in Mumbai were far higher than those in Moscow, whereas the daytime in Moscow lasted longer in Mumbai throughout the surveyed days.
In terms of temperature, the highest maximum temperature of a day in Mumbai reached up to 34oC while that in Moscow was only 13oC. Mumbai experienced the lowest coldest temperature of a day at 29oC, while that in Moscow settled at only 2oC. The temperatures in Mumbai had a few changes during the three-day period, in which the minimum temperatures remained constant at 29oC and the variation among maximum temperatures was only around 1oC. In contrast, the difference in both coldest and hottest temperatures in Moscow was larger, ranging from 2oC to 7oC.
Regarding hours of daylight, the average daytime in Mumbai was approximately 13 hours and 10 minutes, while that in Moscow was higher, at around 18 hours and 10 minutes. This could be explained by the earlier sunrise time and the later sunset time in Moscow. To be more specific, the sunrise time in Moscow was around 4:00 a.m., while it was not until 6:00 a.m. that the sun rose in Mumbai. The time of sunset in Moscow came later, at 22:00, in comparison with that in Mumbai, coming at around 19:05.
