word | | Climate |
| rainy | Saint Lucia | tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August |
| rainy | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November) |
| rainy | Samoa | tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October) |
| rainy | Sao Tome and Principe | tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May) |
| rainy | Senegal | tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind |
| rainy | Sierra Leone | tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April) |
| rainy | 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 |
| rainy | Sudan | tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November) |
| rainy | Switzerland | temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers |
| rainy | Syria | 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 |
| rainy | Taiwan | tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year |
| rainy | 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 |
| rainy | Timor-Leste | tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons |
| rainy | Trinidad and Tobago | tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
| rainy | Tunisia | temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south |
| rainy | Uganda | tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
| rainy | Vietnam | tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) |
| rainy | Virgin Islands | subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season September to November |
| rainy | 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 |
| rainy | Zambia | tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
| rainy | Zimbabwe | tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) |
| ranges | Arctic Ocean | polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and ... |
| ranges | Mongolia | desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) |
| ranges | 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 ... |
| rare | Western Sahara | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
| Red | 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 |
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