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Climate (Country profile category: Geography)

Afghanistan:
arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Albania:
mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter

Algeria:
arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer

American Samoa:
tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation

Andorra:
temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

Angola:
semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)

Anguilla:
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds

Antarctica:
severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January along the coast and average slightly below freezing

Antigua and Barbuda:
tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

Arctic Ocean:
polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow

Argentina:
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest

Armenia:
highland continental, hot summers, cold winters

Aruba:
tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:
tropical

Atlantic Ocean:
tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November

Australia:
generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north

Austria:
temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain in lowlands and snow in mountains; cool summers with occasional showers

Azerbaijan:
dry, semiarid steppe

Bahamas, The:
tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

Bahrain:
arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers

Baker Island:
equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Bangladesh:
tropical; cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); cool, rainy monsoon (June to October)

Barbados:
tropical; rainy season (June to October)

Bassas da India:
tropical

Belarus:
cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime

Belgium:
temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy

Belize:
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to February)

Benin:
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Bermuda:
subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter

Bhutan:
varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas

Bolivia:
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast

Botswana:
semiarid; warm winters and hot summers

Bouvet Island:
antarctic

Brazil:
mostly tropical, but temperate in south

British Indian Ocean Territory:
tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds

British Virgin Islands:
subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds

Brunei:
tropical; hot, humid, rainy

Bulgaria:
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

Burkina Faso:
tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Burma:
tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

Burundi:
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; wet seasons from February to May and September to November, and dry seasons from June to August and December to January

Cambodia:
tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

Cameroon:
varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north

Canada:
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north

Cape Verde:
temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic

Cayman Islands:
tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)

Central African Republic:
tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers

Chad:
tropical in south, desert in north

Chile:
temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south

China:
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north

Christmas Island:
tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds

Clipperton Island:
tropical, humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, rains May-October

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall

Colombia:
tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands

Comoros:
tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April to October

Congo, Republic of the:
tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); constantly high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator

Cook Islands:
tropical; moderated by trade winds

Coral Sea Islands:
tropical

Costa Rica:
tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands

Cote d'Ivoire:
tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)

Croatia:
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast

Cuba:
tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)

Cyprus:
temperate, Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool, winters

Czech Republic:
temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Denmark:
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Djibouti:
desert; torrid, dry

Dominica:
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall

Dominican Republic:
tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

Ecuador:
tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands

Egypt:
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters

El Salvador:
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands

Equatorial Guinea:
tropical; always hot, humid

Eritrea:
hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except in coastal desert

Estonia:
maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers

Ethiopia:
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

Europa Island:
tropical

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does not accumulate

Faroe Islands:
mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy

Fiji:
tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation

Finland:
cold temperate; potentially subarctic, but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes

France:
generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean

French Guiana:
tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation

French Polynesia:
tropical, but moderate

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
antarctic

Gabon:
tropical; always hot, humid

Gambia, The:
tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May)

Gaza Strip:
temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers

Georgia:
warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast

Germany:
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm foehn wind

Ghana:
tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north

Gibraltar:
Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers

Glorioso Islands:
tropical

Greece:
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers

Greenland:
arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

Grenada:
tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Guadeloupe:
subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity

Guam:
tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation

Guatemala:
tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands

Guernsey:
temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast

Guinea:
generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

Guinea-Bissau:
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

Guyana:
tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)

Haiti:
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
antarctic

Holy See (Vatican City):
temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to mid-May) with hot, dry summers (May to September)

Honduras:
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

Hong Kong:
tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall

Howland Island:
equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Hungary:
temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers

Iceland:
temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers

India:
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north

Indian Ocean:
northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean

Indonesia:
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Iran:
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast

Iraq:
mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq

Ireland:
temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time

Israel:
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas

Italy:
predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south

Jamaica:
tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior

Jan Mayen:
arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog

Japan:
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north

Jarvis Island:
tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Jersey:
temperate; mild winters and cool summers

Johnston Atoll:
tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation

Jordan:
mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)

Juan de Nova Island:
tropical

Kazakhstan:
continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid

Kenya:
varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior

Kingman Reef:
tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds

Kiribati:
tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds

Korea, North:
temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer

Korea, South:
temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter

Kuwait:
dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters

Kyrgyzstan:
dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone

Laos:
tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)

Latvia:
maritime; wet, moderate winters

Lebanon:
Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows

Lesotho:
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Liberia:
tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers

Libya:
Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior

Liechtenstein:
continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers

Lithuania:
transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers

Luxembourg:
modified continental with mild winters, cool summers

Macau:
subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
warm, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall

Madagascar:
tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south

Malawi:
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)

Malaysia:
tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons

Maldives:
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)

Mali:
subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February

Malta:
Mediterranean with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers

Man, Isle of:
cool summers and mild winters; temperate; overcast about one-third of the time

Marshall Islands:
wet season from May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt

Martinique:
tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid

Mauritania:
desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

Mauritius:
tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)

Mayotte:
tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)

Mexico:
varies from tropical to desert

Micronesia, Federated States of:
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage

Midway Islands:
subtropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds

Moldova:
moderate winters, warm summers

Monaco:
Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

Mongolia:
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)

Montserrat:
tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation

Morocco:
Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior

Mozambique:
tropical to subtropical

Namibia:
desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic

Nauru:
tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February)

Navassa Island:
marine, tropical

Nepal:
varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south

Netherlands:
temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters

Netherlands Antilles:
tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds

New Caledonia:
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid

New Zealand:
temperate with sharp regional contrasts

Nicaragua:
tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Niger:
desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south

Nigeria:
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north

Niue:
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds

Norfolk Island:
subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation

Northern Mariana Islands:
tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October

Norway:
temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast

Oman:
dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south

Pacific Ocean:
planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December

Pakistan:
mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north

Palau:
wet season May to November; hot and humid

Palmyra Atoll:
equatorial, hot, and very rainy

Panama:
tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)

Papua New Guinea:
tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation

Paracel Islands:
tropical

Paraguay:
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

Peru:
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes

Philippines:
tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)

Pitcairn Islands:
tropical, hot, humid; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March)

Poland:
temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers

Portugal:
maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south

Puerto Rico:
tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature variation

Qatar:
desert; hot, dry; humid and sultry in summer

Reunion:
tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry from May to November, hot and rainy from November to April

Romania:
temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms

Russia:
ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast

Rwanda:
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible

Saint Helena:
Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
tropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Saint Lucia:
tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Samoa:
tropical; rainy season (October to March), dry season (May to October)

San Marino:
Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers

Sao Tome and Principe:
tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)

Saudi Arabia:
harsh, dry desert with great extremes of temperature

Senegal:
tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

Serbia and Montenegro:
in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland

Seychelles:
tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)

Sierra Leone:
tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)

Singapore:
tropical; hot, humid, rainy; no pronounced rainy or dry seasons; thunderstorms occur on 40% of all days (67% of days in April)

Slovakia:
temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Slovenia:
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east

Solomon Islands:
tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather

Somalia:
principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south; May to October - southwest monsoon, torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons

South Africa:
mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow

Southern Ocean:
sea temperatures vary from about 10 degrees Centigrade to -2 degrees Centigrade; cyclonic storms travel eastward around the continent and frequently are intense because of the temperature contrast between ice and open ocean; the ocean area from about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest average winds found anywhere on Earth; in winter the ocean freezes outward to 65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector and 55 degrees south latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Centigrade; at some coastal points intense persistent drainage winds from the interior keep the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter

Spain:
temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast

Spratly Islands:
tropical

Sri Lanka:
tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)

Sudan:
tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season (April to October)

Suriname:
tropical; moderated by trade winds

Svalbard:
arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year

Swaziland:
varies from tropical to near temperate

Sweden:
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north

Switzerland:
temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers

Syria:
mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically hitting Damascus

Tajikistan:
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

Tanzania:
varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands

Thailand:
tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid

Togo:
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Tokelau:
tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)

Tonga:
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)

Trinidad and Tobago:
tropical; rainy season (June to December)

Tromelin Island:
tropical

Tunisia:
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south

Turkey:
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior

Turkmenistan:
subtropical desert

Turks and Caicos Islands:
tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry

Tuvalu:
tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)

Uganda:
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Ukraine:
temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south

United Arab Emirates:
desert; cooler in eastern mountains

United Kingdom:
temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast

United States:
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

Uruguay:
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

Uzbekistan:
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east

Vanuatu:
tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds

Venezuela:
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Vietnam:
tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March)

Virgin Islands:
subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season May to November

Wake Island:
tropical

Wallis and Futuna:
tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C

West Bank:
temperate, temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters

Western Sahara:
hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew

World:
two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates

Yemen:
mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east

Zambia:
tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)

Zimbabwe:
tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

Taiwan:
tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year

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