| Country | Climate |
| Korea, North | temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer |
| Korea, South | temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter |
| Kosovo | influenced by continental air masses resulting in relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns; Mediterranean and alpine influences create regional variation; maximum rainfall between October and December |
| Kuwait | dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters |
| Kyrgyzstan | dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan Mountains; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone |
| Laos | tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April) |
| Latvia | maritime; wet, moderate winters |
| Lebanon | Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows |
| Lesotho | temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
| 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) |