| Country | Climate |
| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands: equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
Johnston Atoll and Kingman Reef: tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation
Midway Islands: subtropical with cool, moist winters (December to February) and warm, dry summers (May to October); moderated by prevailing easterly winds; most of the 1,067 mm (42 in) of annual rainfall occurs during the winter
Palmyra Atoll: equatorial, hot; located within the low pressure area of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) where the northeast and southeast trade winds meet, it is extremely wet with between 4,000-5,000 mm (160-200 in) of rainfall each year |
| Uruguay | warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown |
| Uzbekistan | mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east |
| 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 |
| Venezuela | tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
| Vietnam | tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) |
| Virgin Islands | subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season September to November |
| Wake Island | tropical |
| 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 |
| West Bank | temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters |
| Western Sahara | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
| World | a wide equatorial band of hot and humid tropical climates - bordered north and south by subtropical temperate zones - that separate two large areas of cold and dry polar climates |
| Yemen | mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east |
| Zambia | tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
| Zimbabwe | tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) |
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