What is the climate type in Japan?
Japan has a temperate maritime monsoon climate, which is mild and humid all year round. One of the main features of climate is that the temperature changes obviously in four seasons. Japan spans about 25 latitudes from north to south. It is influenced by Siberian monsoon in winter and Pacific monsoon in summer.
Although Japan is small, it has four different climate characteristics. Hokkaido belongs to the sub-arctic climate type, with an average annual temperature of only 9.45℃ and an average annual precipitation of about1205 mm. From northeastern Honshu to Kyushu, the area near the Pacific Ocean belongs to temperate zone, and it is very hot in summer under the influence of monsoon from the Pacific Ocean.
The wet and cold monsoon blowing from the mainland is blocked by the central Alps and other mountains in central Japan, resulting in a lot of rain and snow on the side facing the Sea of Japan. The southwest island of Okinawa Prefecture has a subtropical climate, with an annual average temperature of over 22℃ and a precipitation of over 2000 mm..
Main climate types in the world
1. tropical climate: the tropical monsoon climate is distributed on the east coast of the mainland between 10 and 25 north latitude. Mainly distributed in southern Taiwan Province Province, Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island, as well as Indochina Peninsula, most parts of Indian Peninsula and Philippine Islands; In addition, it is also distributed in the northern coastal zone of the Australian mainland.
2. Subtropical climate: Subtropical monsoon climate appears on the east coast of subtropical continent with latitude of 25 ~ 35, which is a zone where tropical marine air mass and polar continental air mass alternately control and compete with each other. It is mainly distributed in Qinling Mountains in eastern China, south of Huaihe River, north of tropical monsoon climate, south of Japan and south of Korean Peninsula.
3. Sub-frigid zone climate: Sub-frigid zone continental climate is the main climate type of sub-frigid zone, also known as sub-frigid zone coniferous forest climate. This kind of climate appears between 50 and 65 north latitude, also known as the sub-frigid coniferous forest climate, which is distributed in a belt and crosses North America and Eurasia.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Japan.