blaland not being a desert doesn't mean it's not in the desert zone (around 30N and 30S)
also if we are doing northern winter solstice at the beginning of the year then blaland's month 1 and 2 are where it is hot and sticky and yuck, but your calendar can start whenever so if month 1 is in the southern winter then it is during the cool period in blaland when it's nice in blanaxon (although by strictly western standards of 20 to 25 C is nice, blanaxon's nice periods happen during fall and spring)