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Koppen Climate Zones

A, B, C, D, E - tropical, arid, temperate, continental, polar zones across the globe.

A free, animated koppen climate zones you can read here or embed on any website, from Scrollchart.

Koppen Climate Zones

Koppen Climate Zones

World map color-coded by Koppen-Geiger climate classification. Major sub-types (rainforest, savanna, desert, Mediterranean, oceanic, continental, tundra) labeled.

Good for

  • Travel-planning articles
  • Climate articles

Source & accuracy

This koppen climate zones is an editorial illustration built to represent the concept accurately. Where it shows figures, they are typical or representative values chosen to make the relationship clear, not a single underlying dataset. The diagram and its explainer are reviewed and maintained centrally, and updated over time as understanding improves.

Five climate categories and what they mean

Koppen's five zones are: Tropical (A) has year-round warmth and high rainfall. Arid (B) is dry with low precipitation. Temperate (C) has mild winters and warm summers. Continental (D) has cold winters and short summers. Polar (E) is perpetually cold. Each zone can be subdivided further by seasonal patterns, but these five capture 80% of Earth's climate variation and directly predict what plants can grow, what heating or cooling is needed, and what agriculture is viable.

Modern shifts and adaptation

Climate zones are slowly moving poleward and upward in elevation due to warming. Temperate zones are expanding while some polar regions warm faster than the average. Agricultural zones are shifting, forcing farmers to switch crops or migrate. Tropical regions may become too hot for current crops. Understanding the stability of historical climate zones helps assess where future food production, fresh water, and habitable regions will exist.

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Reference

What this is
A free, embeddable, animated koppen climate zones for any website.
Who uses it
Travel blogs.
How to embed
Copy one line of HTML. No signup. No watermark. Works in WordPress, Webflow, Ghost, Substack, plain HTML.
File size
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License
Free forever. Editorial explainer text included; updated centrally over time.
URL
scrollchart.com/diagram/climate-zones-map

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Frequently asked questions

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