File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991–2020.svg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ135712· pop 69· linked from 901 articles

tropical climate

climate in the tropical region

AI overview

A tropical climate is the weather pattern found in the regions around the equator, characterized by warm temperatures year-round and significant rainfall. Understanding tropical climates matters because these regions support much of Earth's biodiversity and influence global weather patterns that affect people worldwide.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, tropical climate is referenced by 901 other articles, and connects out to Peru, winter and spring.

It is catalogued under the topic Climate.

Its subject is documented across 69 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

28,936 papers

[Tropical climate pathology].ReviewMedecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial · 1997Besancenot JP
Tropical Diseases Wounds.ReviewThe Nursing clinics of North America · 2025Greenstein EDOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2024.08.006
Tropical biodiversity linked to polar climate.Nature · 2023Yasuhara M, Deutsch CADOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-00392-8
Tropical and travel-associated diseases.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2020Coyle CMDOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000674
Tropical climate and time of day: A dual influence on implicit motor imagery ability.Acta psychologica · 2025Hatchi V, Guillot A, Robin NDOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105955
Addressing underrepresented homicide and climate data in forensic science: The case for new human taphonomy facilities in tropical regions.ReviewScience & justice : journal of the Forensic Science Society · 2025Vráblová S, Louka VDOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2025.101299
Pneumonia in the tropics.ReviewRespirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2018Lim TK, Siow WTDOI: 10.1111/resp.13137
Neglected tropical diseases.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2009Ebrahim GJDOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp037

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Subclass of: climate

Show 4 more facts

different from: tropics
Commons category: Tropical climate
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
facet of: tropics

Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~8 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Locations where tropical climates occur, with subtypes listed, abbreviations in the Köppen climate classification in parentheses, and the equator highlighted: Tropical rainforest climate (Af),

Tropical monsoon climate (Am),

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tropical climate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.