List of locations with a subtropical climate
Areas of the world with subtropical climates
This list of locations with a subtropical climate specifically lists locations considered within the subtropics. The subtropics are geographic and climate zones located roughly between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn and the 38th parallel in both hemispheres. Subtropical climate regimes can exist at high elevations within the tropics, such as across the Mexican Plateau and in Vietnam and Taiwan. Six climate classifications utilize the term to help define the various temperature and precipitation regimes for the planet Earth. Eight months of the year within the subtropics have an average temperature at or above 10 °C (50.0 °F), with their coldest month averaging between 6 and 13 °C (42.8 and 55.4 °F).
A great portion of the world's deserts are located within the subtropics, due to the development of the subtropical ridge. Within the humid monsoon regimes in the subtropics, a wet season is seen annually during the summer, which is when most of the yearly rainfall falls. Within Mediterranean climate regime, the wet season occurs during the winter. Areas bordering warm oceans are prone to locally heavy rainfall from tropical cyclones, which can contribute a significant percentage of the annual rainfall. Plants such as date palms, citrus, mango, litchi, and avocado are grown within the subtropics.
Africa
- North Africa: Algiers, Algeria; Alexandria, Egypt; Casablanca, Morocco; Tripoli, Libya; Tunis, Tunisia; El Aaiún, Western Sahara; Taoudenni, Mali (which borders on a fully tropical climate), and Tamanrasset, Algeria.
- Southern Africa: Most of South Africa including Cape Town, Durban and East London, Johannesburg, and Natal; and the coastal and southern portions and Windhoek in Namibia; Menongue, Angola ; Harare, Zimbabwe; Gaborone, Botswana; Lusaka, Zambia; Lilongwe, Malawi; Maseru, Lesotho; Lichinga, Mozambique; and Swaziland.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lubumbashi, Katanga Province
- Djibouti: Airolaf
- Eritrea: Asmara
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
- Kenya: Nairobi
- Madagascar: highlands including Antananarivo
- Areas on the islands of the Europe Union around the Atlantic coast of NW Africa: Las Palmas, Spain (which borders on a fully tropical climate); Funchal, Portugal.
- Ceuta, Melilla, and Plazas de soberanía, Spain.
- Pantelleria and the Pelagie Islands, Italy.
- The Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic has a marine subtropical climate.
Americas
Echo Park, Los Angeles, United States
- United States: East Coast from SE Virginia and North Carolina south to Florida (but not including the tropical South Florida metropolitan area, Everglades, and Florida Keys), Gulf Coast, parts of the inland South and Southwest and the West Coast from San Diego to northern California. Major cities: Atlanta;[1] Austin;[2] Charlotte;[3] Charleston, South Carolina;[3] Dallas;[4] Houston;[5] Jacksonville;[6] Las Vegas;[7] Los Angeles;[8] Memphis;[9] New Orleans;[10] Norfolk;[11] Orlando;[12] Phoenix;[1] Raleigh;[13] San Antonio;[1] San Diego;[14] San Jose;[15] San Francisco;[16] Tampa.[17] Also Birmingham ; Brookings, Oregon ; Greensboro, North Carolina ; Oklahoma City ; Richmond, Virginia ; Sacramento ; and Tulsa .
- Bermuda (which borders on a fully tropical climate)
- Brazil: São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, part of Mato Grosso do Sul.
- Dominican Republic: Constanza
- Guatemala: Quetzaltenango
- Honduras: La Esperanza
- Mexico: Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, and Tijuana.
- South America: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Valparaíso, Chile; Lima, Perú; Bogotá, Colombia; Asunción, Paraguay (which borders on a fully tropical climate); Quito, Ecuador; Sucre, Bolivia; Cusco, Peru; and Antofagasta, Chile.
- Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific off Chile
Eurasia
- Afghanistan: Herat, Jalalabad, Kandahar
- Albania: coastal including Tirana
- Azerbaijan: Baku, Lankaran
- Bangladesh: Far north including Rangpur City
- Bhutan: Thimphu
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: far south including Mostar
- Burma: Kachin State
- Mainland China: Most areas south of the Qin Mountains and the Huai River, but not including the southern half of Hainan.[18][19]
- Hong Kong
- Macau
- Taiwan: the northern half of the island including Taipei and Taichung
- Cyprus
- European Union: Coastal and some inland areas around the Mediterranean including major parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Apennine Peninsula, and parts of the Balkan Peninsula and Southern France. Major metropolises (urban area above 1 million people): Athens, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Florence, Genoa, Lisbon, Madrid, Marseilles, Naples, Nice, Palermo, Porto, Rome, Seville, Thessaloniki, and Valencia. Other places: Azores, Gibraltar, Malta, and Split, Croatia.
- Georgia: Batumi, Sukhumi.[20]
- India: Agra, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bhopal (which borders on a fully tropical climate), Delhi, Dhanbad (which borders on a fully tropical climate), Ghaziabad, Guwahati, Lucknow, Meerut, Patna, Ranchi, and Varanasi.
- Iran: Isfahan, southern portions including Shiraz, and the Iranian shore of the Caspian Sea
- Japan: Shikoku, Kyūshū, Okinawa, southern Honshū including Osaka and Tokyo, Izu Islands, Bonin Islands (which border on a fully tropical climate)
- Laos: extreme north including Phongsali
- Malaysia: Brinchang
- Middle East: Most of the Persian Gulf area; Baghdad, Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Northern Saudi Arabia including Medina (which borders on a fully tropical climate) and Riyadh; Bahrain; Kuwait; Qatar; Beirut, Lebanon; Damascus and Latakia, Syria; Saiq, Oman; Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (which borders on a fully tropical climate); and Sana'a, Yemen.
- Montenegro: coastal including Podgorica
- Nepal: warm temperate zone including Kathmandu
- Pakistan: Islamabad, Karachi (which borders on a fully tropical climate), Lahore, Mardan, Muzaffarabad, Peshawar, and Quetta.
- Philippines: Baguio (which borders on a fully tropical climate), Sagada
- Russia: Sochi, Tuapse.
- South Korea: extreme south including Busan and Jeju
- Turkey: Adana, Antalya, Istanbul, İzmir, Mersin.
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
- Uzbekistan: Termez
- Vietnam: Hanoi, Haiphong, Da Lat.
Oceania
- Australia: New South Wales (though not most of the Tablelands and Highland regions), parts of Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria, and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in the Pacific.
- New Zealand: The far north of the North Island, including the Auckland, Northland and Bay of Plenty regions.[21] Also the Kermadec Islands to the NE.
- Areas of the New Guinea Highlands including Wabag, Papua New Guinea
- Polynesia: Highlands of the Hawaiian Islands
Southern Indian Ocean
References
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- ↑ Thus parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and the entirety of (excepting for higher elevations) Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi are included. Major cities (limited to municipalities, provincial capitals and sub-provincial cities) included are Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanning, Changsha, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guiyang and Kunming
- ↑ China Meteorological Administration
- ↑ Robert G. Jensen (1964). "Soviet Subtropical Agriculture: A Microcosm". The Geographical Review (American Geographical Society of New York) 54 (2): 187.
- ↑ Mackintosh, Lesley. "Overview of New Zealand Climate | NIWA". NIWA. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Retrieved 15 August 2013.