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Afghanistan - arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers / Population: 32,738,376 (July 2008 est

Albania - mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter / Population: 3,619,778 (July 2008 est.

Algeria - arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer / Population: 33,769,668 (July 2008 est

American Samoa - tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October); little seasonal temperature variation / Population: 64,827 (July 2008 est.)

Andorra - temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers / Population: 82,627 (July 2008 est.)

Angola - semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April) / Population: 12,531,357 (July 2008 est

Anguilla - tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds / Population: 14,108 (July 2008 est.)

Antarctica - severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January alo / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Antigua and Barbuda - tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation / Population: 84,522 (July 2008 est.)

Argentina - mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest / Population: 40.482 million (July 2008

Armenia - highland continental, hot summers, cold winters / Population: 2,968,586 (July 2008 est.

Aruba - tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation / Population: 101,541 note: estim

Ashmore and Cartier Islands - tropical / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Australia - generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north / Population: 21,007,310 (July 2008 est

Austria - temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers / Population: 8,205,533 (July 2008 est.

Azerbaijan - dry, semiarid steppe / Population: 8,177,717 (July 2008 est.

Bahamas, The - tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream / Population: 307,451 note: estim

Bahrain - arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers / Population: 718,306 note: inclu

Baker Island - / Population:

Bangladesh - tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) / Population: 153,546,896 (July 2008 es

Barbados - tropical; rainy season (June to October) / Population: 281,968 (July 2008 est.)

Bassas da India - / Population:

Belarus - cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime / Population: 9,685,768 (July 2008 est.

Belgium - temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy / Population: 10,403,951 (July 2008 est

Belize - tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May) / Population: 301,270 (July 2008 est.)

Benin - tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north / Population: 8,532,547 note: est

Bermuda - subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter / Population: 66,536 (July 2008 est.)

Bhutan - varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas / Population: 682,321 note: the F

Bolivia - varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid / Population: 9,247,816 (July 2008 est.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast / Population: 4,590,310 (July 2008 est.

Botswana - semiarid; warm winters and hot summers / Population: 1,842,323 note: est

Bouvet Island - antarctic / Population: uninhabited

Brazil - mostly tropical, but temperate in south / Population: 196,342,592 note: B

British Indian Ocean Territory - tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

British Virgin Islands - subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds / Population: 24,041 (July 2008 est.)

Brunei - tropical; hot, humid, rainy / Population: 381,371 (July 2008 est.)

Bulgaria - temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers / Population: 7,262,675 (July 2008 est.

Burkina Faso - tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers / Population: 15,264,735 note: es

Burundi - equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average / Population: 8,691,005 note: est

Cambodia - tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation / Population: 14,241,640 note: es

Cameroon - varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north / Population: 18,467,692 note: es

Canada - varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north / Population: 33,212,696 (July 2008 est

Cape Verde - temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic / Population: 426,998 (July 2008 est.)

Cayman Islands - tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April) / Population: 47,862 note: most o

Central African Republic - tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers / Population: 4,444,330 note: est

Chad - tropical in south, desert in north / Population: 10,111,337 (July 2008 est

Chile - temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south / Population: 16,454,143 (July 2008 est

China - extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north / Population: 1,330,044,544 (July 2008

Christmas Island - tropical with a wet season (December to April) and dry season; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds / Population: 1,402 (July 2007 est.)

Clipperton Island - tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, wet season (May to October) / Population: uninhabited

Cocos (Keeling) Islands - tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year / Population: 596 (July 2007 est.)

Colombia - tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands / Population: 45,013,672 (July 2008 est

Comoros - tropical marine; rainy season (November to May) / Population: 731,775 (July 2008 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the - tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November / Population: 66,514,504 note: es

Congo, Republic of the - tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); persistent high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator / Population: 3,903,318 note: est

Cook Islands - tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March / Population: 12,271 (July 2008 est.)

Coral Sea Islands - tropical / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Costa Rica - tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands / Population: 4,195,914 (July 2008 est.

Croatia - Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast / Population: 4,491,543 (July 2008 est.

Cuba - tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October) / Population: 11,423,952 (July 2008 est

Cyprus - temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters / Population: 792,604 (July 2008 est.)

Czech Republic - temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters / Population: 10,220,911 (July 2008 est

Denmark - temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers / Population: 5,484,723 (July 2008 est.

Djibouti - desert; torrid, dry / Population: 506,221 (July 2008 est.)

Dominica - tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall / Population: 72,514 (July 2008 est.)

Dominican Republic - tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall / Population: 9,507,133 (July 2008 est.

East Timor - tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons / Population: 1,108,777 note: oth

Ecuador - tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands / Population: 13,927,650 (July 2008 est

Egypt - desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters / Population: 81,713,520 (July 2008 est

El Salvador - tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands / Population: 7,066,403 (July 2008 est.

Equatorial Guinea - tropical; always hot, humid / Population: 616,459 (July 2008 est.)

Eritrea - hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands / Population: 5,502,026 (July 2008 est.

Estonia - maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers / Population: 1,307,605 (July 2008 est.

Ethiopia - tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation / Population: 82,544,840 note: es

Europa Island - / Population:

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; average annual rainfall is 24 inches in Stanley; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does not accumulate / Population: 3,140 (July 2008 est.)

Faroe Islands - mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy / Population: 48,668 (July 2008 est.)

Fiji - tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation / Population: 931,741 (July 2008 est.)

Finland - cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes / Population: 5,244,749 (July 2008 est.

France - metropolitan France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral French Guiana: tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal t / Population: total: 64,057,792 n

French Guiana - / Population:

French Polynesia - tropical, but moderate / Population: 283,019 (July 2008 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul: oceanic with persistent westerly winds and high humidity Iles Crozet: windy, cold, wet, and cloudy Iles Kerguelen: oceanic, cold, overcast, windy Iles Eparses: tropical / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Gabon - tropical; always hot, humid / Population: 1,485,832 note: est

Gambia, The - tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May) / Population: 1,735,464 (July 2008 est.

Gaza Strip - temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers / Population: 1,500,202 (July 2008 est.

Georgia - warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast / Population: 4,630,841 (July 2008 est.

Germany - temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind / Population: 82,369,552 (July 2008 est

Ghana - tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north / Population: 23,382,848 note: es

Gibraltar - Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers / Population: 28,002 (July 2008 est.)

Glorioso Islands - / Population:

Greece - temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers / Population: 10,722,816 (July 2008 est

Greenland - arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters / Population: 57,564 (July 2008 est.)

Grenada - tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds / Population: 90,343 (July 2008 est.)

Guadeloupe - / Population:

Guam - tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season (January to June), rainy season (July to December); little seasonal temperature variation / Population: 175,877 (July 2008 est.)

Guatemala - tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands / Population: 13,002,206 (July 2008 est

Guernsey - temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast / Population: 65,726 (July 2008 est.)

Guinea - generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds / Population: 9,806,509 (July 2008 est.

Guinea-Bissau - tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds / Population: 1,503,182 (July 2008 est.

Guyana - tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January) / Population: 770,794 note: estim

Haiti - tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds / Population: 8,924,553 note: est

Heard Island and McDonald Islands - antarctic / Population: uninhabited

Holy See (Vatican City) - temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to May) with hot, dry summers (May to September) / Population: 824 (July 2008 est.)

Honduras - subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains / Population: 7,639,327 note: est

Hong Kong - subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall / Population: 7,018,636 (July 2008 est.

Howland Island - / Population:

Hungary - temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers / Population: 9,930,915 (July 2008 est.

Iceland - temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers / Population: 304,367 (July 2008 est.)

India - varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north / Population: 1,147,995,904 (July 2008

Indonesia - tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands / Population: 237,512,352 (July 2008 es

Iran - mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast / Population: 65,875,224 (July 2008 est

Iraq - mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in c / Population: 28,221,180 (July 2008 est

Ireland - temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time / Population: 4,156,119 (July 2008 est.

Isle of Man - temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time / Population: 76,220 (July 2008 est.)

Israel - temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas / Population: 7,112,359 note: inc

Italy - predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south / Population: 58,145,320 (July 2008 est

Jamaica - tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior / Population: 2,804,332 (July 2008 est.

Jan Mayen - arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Japan - varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north / Population: 127,288,416 (July 2008 es

Jarvis Island - / Population:

Jersey - temperate; mild winters and cool summers / Population: 91,533 (July 2008 est.)

Johnston Atoll - / Population:

Jordan - mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) / Population: 6,198,677 (July 2008 est.

Juan de Nova Island - / Population:

Kazakhstan - continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid / Population: 15,340,533 (July 2008 est

Kenya - varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior / Population: 37,953,840 note: es

Kingman Reef - / Population:

Kiribati - tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds / Population: 110,356 (July 2008 est.)

Korea, North - temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer / Population: 23,479,088 (July 2008 est

Korea, South - temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter / Population: 48,379,392 (July 2008 est

Kuwait - dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters / Population: 2,596,799 note: inc

Kyrgyzstan - dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone / Population: 5,356,869 (July 2008 est.

Laos - tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April) / Population: 6,677,534 (July 2008 est.

Latvia - maritime; wet, moderate winters / Population: 2,245,423 (July 2008 est.

Lebanon - Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows / Population: 3,971,941 (July 2008 est.

Lesotho - temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers / Population: 2,128,180 note: est

Liberia - tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers / Population: 3,334,587 (July 2008 est.

Libyan Arab - Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior / Population: 6,173,579 note: inc

Liechtenstein - continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers / Population: 34,498 (July 2008 est.)

Lithuania - transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers / Population: 3,565,205 (July 2008 est.

Luxembourg - modified continental with mild winters, cool summers / Population: 486,006 (July 2008 est.)

Macau - subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers / Population: 545,674 (July 2008 est.)

Madagascar - tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south / Population: 20,042,552 (July 2008 est

Malawi - sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) / Population: 13,931,831 note: es

Malaysia - tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons / Population: 25,274,132 (July 2008 est

Maldives - tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August) / Population: 385,925 (July 2008 est.)

Mali - subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February) / Population: 12,324,029 (July 2008 est

Malta - Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers / Population: 403,532 (July 2008 est.)

Marshall Islands - tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt / Population: 63,174 (July 2008 est.)

Martinique - / Population:

Mauritania - desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty / Population: 3,364,940 (July 2008 est.

Mauritius - tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May) / Population: 1,274,189 (July 2008 est.

Mayotte - tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November) / Population: 216,306 (July 2008 est.)

Mexico - varies from tropical to desert / Population: 109,955,400 (July 2008 es

Micronesia, Federated States of - tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage / Population: 107,665 (July 2008 est.)

Midway Islands - / Population:

Moldova, Republic of - moderate winters, warm summers / Population: 4,324,450 (July 2008 est.

Monaco - Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers / Population: 32,796 (July 2008 est.)

Mongolia - desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) / Population: 2,996,081 (July 2008 est.

Montenegro - Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland / Population: 678,177 (July 2008 est.)

Montserrat - tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation / Population: 5,079 note: an esti

Morocco - Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior / Population: 34,343,220 (July 2008 est

Mozambique - tropical to subtropical / Population: 21,284,700 note: es

Myanmar - tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April) / Population: 47,758,180 note: es

Namibia - desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic / Population: 2,088,669 note: est

Nauru - tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February) / Population: 13,770 (July 2008 est.)

Navassa Island - marine, tropical / Population: uninhabited note: t

Nepal - varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south / Population: 29,519,114 (July 2008 est

Netherlands - temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters / Population: 16,645,313 (July 2008 est

Netherlands Antilles - tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds / Population: 225,369 (July 2008 est.)

New Caledonia - tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid / Population: 224,824 (July 2008 est.)

New Zealand - temperate with sharp regional contrasts / Population: 4,173,460 (July 2008 est.

Nicaragua - tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands / Population: 5,785,846 (July 2008 est.

Niger - desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south / Population: 13,272,679 (July 2008 est

Nigeria - varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north / Population: 146,255,312 note: e

Niue - tropical; modified by southeast trade winds / Population: 1,444 (July 2008 est.)

Norfolk Island - subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation / Population: 2,128 (July 2008 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands - tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October / Population: 86,616 (July 2008 est.)

Norway - temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast / Population: 4,644,457 (July 2008 est.

Oman - dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south / Population: 3,311,640 note: inc

Pakistan - mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north / Population: 172,800,048 (July 2008 es

Palau - tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November / Population: 21,093 (July 2008 est.)

Palmyra Atoll - / Population:

Panama - tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May) / Population: 3,309,679 (July 2008 est.

Papua New Guinea - tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation / Population: 5,931,769 (July 2008 est.

Paracel Islands - tropical / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Paraguay - subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west / Population: 6,831,306 (July 2008 est.

Peru - varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes / Population: 29,180,900 (July 2008 est

Philippines - tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October) / Population: 96,061,680 (July 2008 est

Pitcairn Islands - tropical; hot and humid; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March) / Population: 48 (July 2008 est.)

Poland - temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers / Population: 38,500,696 (July 2008 est

Portugal - maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south / Population: 10,676,910 (July 2008 est

Puerto Rico - tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature variation / Population: 3,958,128 (July 2008 est.

Qatar - arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers / Population: 824,789 (July 2008 est.)

Reunion - / Population:

Romania - temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms / Population: 22,246,862 (July 2008 est

Russia - ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to c / Population: 140,702,096 (July 2008 es

Rwanda - temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible / Population: 10,186,063 note: es

Saint Helena - Saint Helena: tropical marine; mild, tempered by trade winds Ascension Island: tropical marine; mild, semi-arid Tristan da Cunha: temperate marine; mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena) / Population: 7,601 note: only Sa

Saint Kitts and Nevis - tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November) / Population: 39,817 (July 2008 est.)

Saint Lucia - tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August / Population: 159,585 (July 2008 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon - cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy / Population: 7,044 (July 2008 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November) / Population: 118,432 (July 2008 est.)

Samoa - tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October) / Population: 217,083 note: prior

San Marino - Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers / Population: 29,973 (July 2008 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe - tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May) / Population: 206,178 (July 2008 est.)

Saudi Arabia - harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes / Population: 28,146,656 note: in

Senegal - tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind / Population: 12,853,259 (July 2008 est

Serbia - in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns) / Population: 10,159,046 note: al

Serbia and Montenegro - / Population:

Seychelles - tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) / Population: 82,247 (July 2008 est.)

Sierra Leone - tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April) / Population: 6,294,774 (July 2008 est.

Singapore - tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms / Population: 4,608,167 (July 2008 est.

Slovakia - temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters / Population: 5,455,407 (July 2008 est.

Slovenia - Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east / Population: 2,007,711 (July 2008 est.

Solomon Islands - tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather / Population: 581,318 (July 2008 est.)

Somalia - principally desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north and hot in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between mon / Population: 9,558,666 note: thi

South Africa - mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights / Population: 48,782,756 note: es

South Georgia and the Islands - variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Spain - temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast / Population: 40,491,052 (July 2008 est

Spratly Islands - tropical / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Sri Lanka - tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October) / Population: 21,128,772 note: si

Sudan - tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November) / Population: 40,218,456 (July 2008 est

Suriname - tropical; moderated by trade winds / Population: 475,996 (July 2008 est.)

Svalbard - arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year / Population: 2,165 (July 2008 est.)

Swaziland - varies from tropical to near temperate / Population: 1,128,814 note: est

Sweden - temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north / Population: 9,045,389 (July 2008 est.

Switzerland - temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers / Population: 7,581,520 (July 2008 est.

Syrian Arab Republic - mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus / Population: 19,747,586 note: in

Taiwan - tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year / Population: 22,920,946 (July 2008 est

Tajikistan - midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains / Population: 7,211,884 (July 2008 est.

Tanzania, United Republic of - varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands / Population: 40,213,160 note: es

Thailand - tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid / Population: 65,493,296 note: es

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall / Population: 2,061,315 (July 2008 est.

Togo - tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north / Population: 5,858,673 note: est

Tokelau - tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November) / Population: 1,433 (July 2008 est.)

Tonga - tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December) / Population: 119,009 (July 2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago - tropical; rainy season (June to December) / Population: 1,231,323 (July 2008 est.

Tromelin Island - / Population:

Tunisia - temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south / Population: 10,383,577 (July 2008 est

Turkey - temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior / Population: 71,892,808 (July 2008 est

Turkmenistan - subtropical desert / Population: 5,179,571 (July 2008 est.

Turks and Caicos Islands - tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry / Population: 22,352 (July 2008 est.)

Tuvalu - tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March) / Population: 12,177 (July 2008 est.)

Uganda - tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast / Population: 31,367,972 note: es

Ukraine - temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are / Population: 45,994,288 (July 2008 est

United Arab Emirates - desert; cooler in eastern mountains / Population: 4,621,399 note: est

United Kingdom - temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast / Population: 60,943,912 (July 2008 est

United States - mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in Janu / Population: 303,824,640 (July 2008 es

Uruguay - warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown / Population: 3,477,778 (July 2008 est.

Uzbekistan - mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east / Population: 27,345,026 (July 2008 est

Vanuatu - tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affected by cyclones from December to April / Population: 215,446 (July 2008 est.)

Venezuela - tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands / Population: 26,414,816 (July 2008 est

Vietnam - tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) / Population: 86,116,560 (July 2008 est

Virgin Islands (US) - subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season September to November / Population: 109,840 (July 2008 est.)

Wake Island - tropical / Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Wallis and Futuna - tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C / Population: 15,237 (July 2008 est.)

West Bank - temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters / Population: 2,407,681 note: in

Western Sahara - hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew / Population: 393,831 note: estim

Yemen - mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east / Population: 23,013,376 (July 2008 est