Mediterranean climate
Mediterranean climate (older Etesienklima, after the wind Etesian / Meltemi ) denotes macroclimates the subtropics with dry, hot summers and rainy, mild winters and high sunshine totals. This climate is also referred to as winter rainfall climate of the West Side. The name derives from the Mediterranean, the climate type is also found in other parts of the world. According to the Köppen climate classification Effective Geiger and the Mediterranean climate is defined by an annual maximum rainfall of 400 mm, a precipitation minimum in the summer months of less than 40 mm and a mean annual temperature of about 14 ° C.
Regions with winter rainfall climate of the West sites are:
- The Mediterranean
- The area west of the Sierra Nevada ( California ) in North America
- The area south of the Atacama desert near Santiago de Chile in South America
- The Cape region in South Africa near Cape Town
- The region of Western Australia in Perth and the surrounding region in South Australia and Victoria between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Cities with a Mediterranean climate
- Adelaide, Australia
- Al- Baida. Libya
- Algiers, Algeria
- Antalya, Turkey
- Athens, Greece ( transition to steppe climate )
- Barcelona, Spain
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Gibraltar, United Kingdom
- Haifa, Israel
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Latakia, Syria
- Marseille, France
- Monaco
- Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Podgorica, Montenegro
- Rabat, Morocco
- Rome, Italy
- San Francisco, U.S.A.
- Santiago de Chile, Chile
- Split, Croatia
- Tirana, Albania
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Valletta, Malta
- Climate
- Geography ( Europe)
- North Africa
- Weather and climate of the Mediterranean
- Geography (California )
- Weather and Climate of North America
- Geography (Chile)
- Geography ( Western Cape )
- Geography ( South Australia )
- Geography (Western Australia)
- Weather and climate in Europe