Climate Zones and Cultural Regions

Tropical Rain Forest

• Hot and rainy all year
• Hot all year with rainy and dry sea
• Semi-desert with occasional rain
• Very dry all year
  

Savanna

• Hot all year with rainy and dry sea
• Hot and rainy all year
• Semi-desert with occasional rain
• Very dry all year
  

Steppe

• Hot all year with rainy and dry sea
• Hot and rainy all year
• Semi-desert with occasional rain
• Very dry all year
  

Desert

• Hot all year with rainy and dry sea
• Hot and rainy all year
• Semi-desert with occasional rain
• Very dry all year
  

Mediterranean

• Hot all year with rainy and dry sea
• Hot and dry summer, mild and rainy winteryear
• Semi-desert with occasional rain
• Very dry all year
  

Humid Subtropical

• Hot all year with rainy and dry sea
• Hot and wet summer, mild and damp winter, mild and rainy winter
• Semi-desert with occasional rain
• Very dry all year
  

Hot Summer

• Hot all year with rainy and dry sea
• Hot and wet summer, mild and damp winter, mild and rainy winter
• Hot and wet summer, cold and snowy winter
  
• Very dry all year
  

Cool Summer

• Cool and wet summer, cold and very snowy winter
  
• Hot and wet summer, mild and damp winter, mild and rainy winter
• Hot and wet summer, cold and snowy winter
  
• Very dry all year
  

Subarctic

• Cool and wet summer, cold and very snowy winter
  
• Hot and wet summer, mild and damp winter, mild and rainy winter
• Hot and wet summer, cold and snowy winter
  
• Short and cool summer, very cold and snowy winter
  

Tundra

• Dry and cool to very cold all year
  
• Hot and wet summer, mild and damp winter, mild and rainy winter
• Hot and wet summer, cold and snowy winter
  
• Short and cool summer, very cold and snowy winter