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List of locations with a subtropical climate

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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 40th parallel in both hemispheres. Subtropical climate regions can exist at high elevations within the tropics, such as across the Mexican Plateau and the Ethiopian Highlands and in Da Lat of the Vietnamese Central Highlands. These regions can also exist beyond 45 degrees poleward due to maritime influences on the NW European and Argentinian coasts, according to Trewartha.

Six climate classifications utilise the term to help define the various temperature and precipitation regions for the planet Earth. Using the Trewartha climate classification eight or more months of the year within the subtropics have an average temperature at or above {{convert|10|°C|F}}. The Köppen climate classification instead classifies the warmest month above {{convert|22|C|1}} and the coldest above {{convert|0|C|F}} or {{convert|-3|C|1}} depending on preference. Under both classifications, at least one month must average below {{convert|18|°C|1}} or the climate is considered tropical.

Leslie Holdridge defined the subtropical climates as having a mean annual biotemperature between the frost line or critical temperature line, 16 °C to 18 °C (depending on locations in the world) and 24 °C.[http://reddcr.go.cr/sites/default/files/centro-de-documentacion/holdridge_1966_-_life_zone_ecology.pdf LIFE ZONE ECOLOGY by L. R. Holdridge] The frost line separates the warm temperate region from the subtropical region. It represents the dividing line between two major physiological groups of evolved plants. On the warmer side of the line, the majority of the plants are sensitive to low temperatures. They can be killed back by frosts as they have not evolved to withstand periods of cold. On the colder temperate side of the line, the total flora is adapted to survive periods of variable length of low temperatures, whether as seeds in the case of the annuals or as perennial plants which can withstand the cold. The [16 °C-18 °C] segment is often "simplified" as 17 °C (= 2(log212+0;5) ≈ 16.97 °C).[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-original-life-zone-chart-of-Holdridge-4_fig2_264499178 The climate of Carpathian Region in the 20th century based on the original and modified Holdridge life zone system]

The Holdridge subtropical climates straddle more or less the warmest subtropical climates and the less warm tropical climates as defined by the Köppen-Geiger or Trewartha climate classifications.

However Wladimir Köppen has distinguished the hot or subtropical and tropical (semi-)arid climates (BWh or BSh) having an average annual temperature greater than or equal to {{convert|18|°C|°F|1}} from the cold or temperate (semi-)arid climates (BWk or BSk) whose annual temperature average is lower.{{Cite web | url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-a-desert-climate.html |title = What is a Desert Climate?| date=November 2017 }} This definition, though restricted to dry regions, is almost similar to Holdridge's.

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 regions in the subtropics such as Northern Vietnam (including Hanoi), a wet season is seen annually during the summer, which is when most of the yearly rainfall falls. Within the Mediterranean climate region, 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 subtropical zones.

This is not a complete list and is not intended to be one. Many of the higher mountains at tropical latitudes have sparsely (if at all) inhabited areas with a subtropical climate.

Africa

{{note|1|1}}Only in Trewartha's classification.

{{note|2|2}}Which borders on a fully tropical climate.

File:GD-EG-Alex-Antoniadis05.JPG, Egypt.]]

File:Kenyatta_Avenue_Panorama.jpg, Kenya.]]

File:SOFITEL_HOTEL_MARRAKECH_MOROCCO_APRIL_2013_(8709735037).jpg, Morocco.]]

File:Durban_TownHall.jpg

File:Jacaranda_trees_in_Montagu_Ave,_Harare,_Zimbabwe_in_1975.jpg trees in Harare, Zimbabwe.]]

Asia

{{note|11|1}}Only in Trewartha's classification.

{{note|12|2}}Which borders on a fully tropical climate.

{{note|13|3}}Borderline.

File:Tajhat Jamidar Bari,Rangpur.jpg, Rangpur, Bangladesh]]

File:View of Agia Napa beach located in vicinity of Nelia Beach Hotel.jpg, Cyprus]]

File:Design Centre MNNIT.jpg, India]]

File:Botanical_Garden,_Shiraz.jpg Botanical Garden, Iran.]]

File:Osaka_shiritsu_daigaku_1-go_kan.jpg City University, Japan.]]

File:Ghantaghar and Jacaranda.jpg, Nepal]]

Americas

{{note|21|1}}Only in Trewartha's classification.

{{note|22|2}}Borderline.

{{note|23|3}}Borderline only in Trewartha's classification.

{{note|24|4}}Which borders on a fully tropical climate.

File:El_Quijote_Torreon_Coah.jpg, Torreón, Mexico]]

Image:LA Echo.JPG, United States]]

File:Parque_Rod%C3%B32.jpg, Montevideo, Uruguay]]

  • Argentina: Extreme north to coastal Chubut Province including Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia{{ref|23|3}}, Córdoba, Corrientes, La Plata, Mar del Plata{{ref|21|1}}, Mendoza, Neuquén, Pinamar{{ref|21|1}}, Rawson{{ref|23|3}}, Resistencia, Rosario, Salta{{ref|21|1}}, San Miguel de Tucumán, Santa Fe and Viedma
  • Bolivia: Cochabamba{{ref|21|1}}, lower elevations of La Paz{{ref|21|1}}, Sucre{{ref|21|1}}, Tarija{{ref|21|1}}
  • Brazil: Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and parts of Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo states including the city of São Paulo. Also Petrópolis and Teresópolis{{ref|21|1}} in Rio de Janeiro State and highlands of Minas Gerais including Juiz de Fora and Três Corações.
  • Chile: North of 40°S including Antofagasta{{ref|21|1}}, Arica, Concepción{{ref|21|1}}, Copiapó, Iquique, Juan Fernández Islands{{ref|21|1}}, Linares{{ref|21|1}}, Rancagua{{ref|21|1}}, Santiago{{ref|21|1}}, Talca{{ref|21|1}}, Temuco{{ref|23|3}}, Valdivia{{ref|23|3}},{{cite web | url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=66758&cityname=Valdivia-Los-Rios-Chile | title=Valdivia, Chile Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} and Valparaíso{{ref|21|1}}.
  • Colombia: Bogotá{{ref|21|1}}, Manizales{{ref|21|1}}, Pasto{{ref|21|1}}, Tunja{{ref|21|1}}
  • Costa Rica: Mount Chirripó{{ref|21|1}}
  • Dominican Republic: Constanza{{ref|21|1}}
  • Ecuador: Ambato{{ref|21|1}}, Cuenca{{ref|21|1}}, Ibarra{{ref|21|1}}, Latacunga{{ref|21|1}}, Quito{{ref|21|1}}, Riobamba{{ref|21|1}} {{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=841760&cityname=Rio-Bamba-Chimborazo-Ecuador | title=Rio Bamba, Ecuador Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }}
  • El Salvador: Cerro El Pital{{ref|21|1}}
  • Guatemala: Antigua Guatemala{{ref|21|1}}, Cobán{{ref|21|1}}, Fraijanes{{ref|21|1}}, Quetzaltenango{{ref|21|1}}
  • Haiti: Kenscoff{{ref|21|1}} {{ref|24|4}} {{cite web | url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=602193&cityname=Kenscoff-Ouest-Haiti | title=Kenscoff, Haiti Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }}
  • Honduras: La Esperanza{{ref|21|1}}, Santa Rosa de Copán{{ref|21|1}}, Siguatepeque{{ref|24|4}}
  • Jamaica: Blue Mountains{{ref|21|1}}
  • Mexico: Almost all of the northern part (Culiacán and Los Cabos are tropical) and some other highland areas including the Mexican Plateau. Major cities include Aguascalientes City, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, León, Matamoros, Mexicali, Mexico City{{ref|21|1}}, Monterrey, Puebla{{ref|21|1}}, Querétaro City, Reynosa, San Luis Potosí City{{ref|21|1}}, Tijuana, Torreón, and Zapopan. Also Ciudad Constitución, Ciudad Victoria, Durango City, Ensenada, Guadalupe Island{{ref|21|1}}, Guanajuato City, La Paz, Morelia{{ref|21|1}}, Pachuca{{ref|21|1}}, Rosarito{{ref|21|1}}, Saltillo, Tepic, Tlaxcala City{{ref|21|1}}, Toluca{{ref|21|1}}, Xalapa{{ref|21|1}}, and Zacatecas City{{ref|21|1}}.
  • Nicaragua: Mogotón{{ref|21|1}}
  • Panama: Cerro Punta{{ref|21|1}}
  • Paraguay: southern areas including Asunción{{ref|24|4}} and Ciudad del Este
  • Peru: Arequipa{{ref|21|1}}, Ayacucho{{ref|21|1}}, Cajamarca{{ref|21|1}}, Chachapoyas{{ref|21|1}}, Cusco{{ref|21|1}}, Lima, Trujillo
  • United States: East Coast from the southern Delmarva Peninsula to Florida (but not including tropical South Florida, Everglades, and the Florida Keys), Gulf Coast, parts of the inland South and Southwest, and the West Coast from San Diego to northern California and coastal southern Oregon. Major cities: Atlanta;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013874.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceani c and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: GA ATLANTA HARTSFIELD INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Austin;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013958.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: TX AUSTIN-CAMP MABRY |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Bakersfield, CA;{{cite web | url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=48327&cityname=Bakersfield-California-United-States-of-America| title=Bakersfield, California Travel Weather Averages (Weather base) }} Birmingham;{{cite web | url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=82227&cityname=Birmingham-Alabama-United-States-of-America | title=Birmingham, Alabama Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Charleston, SC;{{cite web | url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=80227&cityname=Charleston-South-Carolina-United-States-of-America |title=Charleston, South Carolina Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Charlotte;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013881.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: NC CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Dallas;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013960.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: TX DALLAS LOVE FLD |accessdate=2013-03-24}} El Paso;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=7227&cityname=El-Paso-Texas-United-States-of-America | title=El Paso, Texas Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Fresno, CA;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=98327&cityname=Fresno-California-United-States-of-America | title=Fresno, California Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Greensboro, NC{{ref|22|2}};{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=71327&cityname=Greensboro-North-Carolina-United-States-of-America | title=Greensboro, North Carolina Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Greenville, SC;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=21327&cityname=Greenville-South-Carolina-United-States-of-America | title=Greenville, South Carolina Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Houston;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00012960.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: TX HOUSTON INTERCONT AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Jacksonville;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013889.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: FL JACKSONVILLE |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Knoxville, TN{{ref|22|2}};{{cite web | url=https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/knoxville/tennessee/united-states/ustn0268 | title=Weather averages Knoxville, Tennessee }} Las Vegas;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=68327&cityname=Las-Vegas-Nevada-United-States-of-America | title=Las Vegas, Nevada Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Little Rock, AR;{{cite web | url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=304327&cityname=Little-Rock-Arkansas-United-States-of-America| title=Little Rock, Arkansas Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase }} Los Angeles;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00023174.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: CA LOS ANGELES INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}}{{cite web |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=159227&cityname=Los-Angeles-California-United-States-of-America|publisher=Weatherbase |title=Los Angeles, California Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)|accessdate=14 October 2020}} Memphis;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013893.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: TN MEMPHIS INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Nashville{{ref|22|2}};{{cite web | url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/normals | title=NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access }} New Orleans;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00012916.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: LA NEW ORLEANS INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Norfolk;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013737.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: VA NORFOLK INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Oklahoma City;{{cite web | url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=35327&cityname=Oklahoma-City-Oklahoma-United-States-of-America | title=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Orlando;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00012815.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: FL ORLANDO INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Phoenix;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=87227&cityname=Phoenix-Arizona-United-States-of-America | title=Phoenix, Arizona Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Raleigh;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00013722.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: NY New York INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Richmond, VA{{ref|22|2}};{{cite web | url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=10427&cityname=Richmond-Virginia-United-States-of-America | title=Richmond, Virginia Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Riverside, CA;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=68227&cityname=Riverside-California-United-States-of-America | title=Riverside, California Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Sacramento;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=38427&cityname=Sacramento-California-United-States-of-America | title=Sacramento, California Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} San Antonio;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00012921.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: TX SAN ANTONIO INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} San Diego;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00023188.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: CA LINDBERGH FIELD |accessdate=2013-03-24}} San Francisco{{ref|26|1}};{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00023272.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: CA SAN FRANCISCO DWTN |accessdate=2013-03-24}} San Jose{{ref|26|1}};{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00023293.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: CA SAN JOSE |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Savannah, GA;{{cite web |url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=70227&cityname=Savannah-Georgia-United-States-of-America |title=Savannah, Georgia Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Tampa;{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USW00012842.normals.txt |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: FL TAMPA INTL AP |accessdate=2013-03-24}} Tucson;{{cite web | url=https://weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=47227&cityname=Tucson-Arizona-United-States-of-America | title=Tucson, Arizona Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Tulsa;{{cite web | url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=65327&cityname=Tulsa-Oklahoma-United-States-of-America | title=Tulsa, Oklahoma Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} Virginia Beach.{{cite web | url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=570327&cityname=Virginia-Beach-Virginia-United-States-of-America | title=Virginia Beach, Virginia Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase) }} The humid subtropical zone of the US South according to Trewartha is coloured yellow-green on this map: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/US_trewartha.svg] If using the Köppen climate classification with the 0 °C coldest-month isotherm, the subtropics extend from Martha's Vineyard, extreme SW Rhode Island, and most of Long Island to central Florida in the eastern states, include the southern tier of the Midwest, and extend as far north as the Columbia Valley of SE Washington in the inland west. Under this definition Boise, Cincinnati, Denver, Harrisburg, and St. Louis are borderline, Baltimore, Louisville, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. are Cfa, and Walla Walla, Washington is Csa, but the Pacific coastline is Csb.
  • Uruguay: All
  • Venezuela: Mérida{{ref|21|1}} {{ref|24|4}}, Mucuchíes{{ref|21|1}}

Europe

{{note|31|1}}Only in Trewartha's classification.

{{note|32|2}}Borderline.

{{note|33|3}}Borderline only in Trewartha's classification.

File:Dubrovnik_Harbor1.jpg harbour, Croatia]]

File:Villa_Groppallo_Serra_FR4.jpg, Italy]]

File:Barcelona_-_Pla%C3%A7a_Reial.jpg, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain]]

File:Ventnor_Botanic_Garden_underground_tunnel.JPG Botanical Gardens, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom]]

Oceania

{{note|41|1}}Only in Trewartha's classification.

{{note|42|2}}Borderline.

{{note|44|3}}Which borders on a fully tropical climate.

File:Elabana Falls.jpg in Lamington National Park, Queensland]]

File:Blenheim,_NZ.jpg, South Island, New Zealand]]

Southern Indian Ocean

{{note|51|1}}Only in Trewartha's classification.

File:Île_Saint-Paul.jpg

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