page_title: Temperate climate
section_title: Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)
hierarchical_section_title: Temperate climate / Zones and climates / Subtropics / Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)
caption_attribution_description: English: Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Dry-summer subtropical and dry-summer temperate or Mediterranean climates (Csa, Csb).
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  In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. In most climate classifications, temperate climates refer to the climate zone between 35 and 50 north and south latitudes.
  These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout the year and more distinct seasonal changes compared to tropical climates, where such variations are often small. They typically feature four distinct seasons, Summer the warmest, Autumn the transitioning season to Winter, the colder season, and Spring the transitioning season from winter back into summer. In the northern hemisphere, the year starts with winter, transitions in the first half year through spring into summer, which is in mid-year, then at the second half year through autumn into winter at year-end. In the southern hemisphere, the seasons are swapped, with summer between years and winter in mid-year.
  The temperate zones are where the widest seasonal changes occur, with most climates found in it having some influence from both the tropics and the poles.
context_section_description: Mediterranean Climates, opposite to the humid subtropical and monsoonal climates, have a dry summer, with rainfall in the winter and cooler months. They occur mostly at the western edges and coasts of the continents and are bounded by arid deserts on their equatorward sides that cause the dry season of summer, and oceanic climates to the poleward sides that are influenced by cool ocean currents and air masses that bring the rainfall of winter. The five main Mediterranean regions of the world are the Mediterranean Sea basin in northwestern Afro-Eurasia, coastal California in the United States, the southwest of Argentina, the Western Cape of South Africa and the south and southwestern coast of Chile.
caption: Regions where the Dry Summer Subtropical or Mediterranean Climates (Csa, Csb) are found.
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