| Country | Climate |
| El Salvador | tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands |
| Equatorial Guinea | tropical; always hot, humid |
| 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 |
| Estonia | maritime; wet, moderate winters, cool summers |
| Ethiopia | tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation |
| European Union | cold temperate; potentially subarctic in the north to temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers in the south |
| 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 typically does not accumulate |
| Faroe Islands | mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy |
| Fiji | tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation |
| 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 |
| 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 temperature variation
Guadeloupe and Martinique: subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average
Mayotte: tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
Reunion: tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry (May to November), hot and rainy (November to April) |
| French Polynesia | tropical, but moderate |
| 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 |
| Gabon | tropical; always hot, humid |
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