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UNC has a joint degree program with NUS in which students spend two years at each university, so at least some Singaporeans find the weather in NC okay. It does get fairly cold during the winter (lows in the 30s and sometimes 20s F), and NC gets its fair share of rain. It’s very different weather from southern California, for sure.</p>
<p>Other colleges in fairly warm climates are Tulane and U Miami (private universities) and U Arizona and Arizona State (public universities).</p>
<p>Have you considered Australia? There’s some very good universities there (ANU, Melbourne, Sydney, etc.), the weather is warm, and it would be much cheaper than the US.</p>