Designing for a better world starts with understanding climate and context.
Climate zones
Select a location on the map to view its climate zone, or choose a zone below.
- Af Tropical Rainforest
- Am Tropical Monsoon
- As Tropical Savanna, Dry Summer
- Aw Tropical Savanna, Dry Winter
- BSh Hot Semi-Arid
- BSk Cold Semi-Arid
- BWh Hot Desert
- BWk Cold Desert
- Cfa Humid Subtropical
- Cfb Temperate Oceanic
- Cfc Subpolar Oceanic
- Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean
- Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean
- Csc Cold-summer Mediterranean
- Cwa Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical
- Cwb Subtropical Highland
- Cwc Cold Subtropical Highland
- Dfa Hot-summer Humid Continental
- Dfb Warm-summer Humid Continental
- Dfc Subarctic
- Dfd Extremely Cold Subarctic
- Dsa Mediterranean-influenced Hot-summer Humid Continental
- Dsb Mediterranean-influenced Warm-summer Humid Continental
- Dsc Mediterranean-influenced Subarctic
- Dsd Mediterranean-influenced Extremely Cold Subarctic
- Dwa Monsoon-influenced Hot-summer Humid Continental
- Dwb Monsoon-influenced Warm-summer Humid Continental
- Dwc Monsoon-influenced Subarctic
- Dwd Monsoon-influenced Extremely Cold Subarctic
- EF Ice Cap
- ET Tundra