| Country | Climate |
| Liberia | tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers |
| Libya | Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior |
| Liechtenstein | continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers |
| Lithuania | transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers |
| Luxembourg | modified continental with mild winters, cool summers |
| Macau | subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers |
| Macedonia | warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall |
| Madagascar | tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south |
| Malawi | sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) |
| Malaysia | tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons |
| Maldives | tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August) |
| Mali | subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February) |
| Malta | Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers |
| Marshall Islands | tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt |
| Mauritania | desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty |
| Mauritius | tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May) |
| Mayotte | tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November) |
| Mexico | varies from tropical to desert |
| 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 |
| Moldova | moderate winters, warm summers |
| Monaco | Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers |
| Mongolia | desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) |
| Montenegro | Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland |
| Montserrat | tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation |
| Morocco | Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior |
| Mozambique | tropical to subtropical |
| Namibia | desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic |
| Nauru | tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February) |
| Navassa Island | marine, tropical |
| Nepal | varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south |
| Netherlands | temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters |
| Netherlands Antilles | tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds |
| New Caledonia | tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid |
| New Zealand | temperate with sharp regional contrasts |
| Nicaragua | tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands |
| Niger | desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
| Nigeria | varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
| Niue | tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
| Norfolk Island | subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation |