Subtropics - Subtropical Areas

Subtropical Areas

Examples of subtropical cities and countries around the world include (see map above for more details):

In Africa

• North Africa: Algiers, Algeria; Alexandria, Egypt; Casablanca, Morocco; Tripoli, Libya; Tunis, Tunisia;
• Southern Africa: Cape Town, Durban and East London; Maseru, Lesotho and Natal, South Africa.
• The part of Atlantic Ocean, areas on the islands of Europe around the coast of Africa: Las Palmas, Spain; Funchal, Portugal.

In the Americas

• United States: large parts of the Southern United States, Southwestern United States and the West Coast. Major cities: Atlanta; Austin; Charlotte; Dallas; Houston; Jacksonville; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Memphis; New Orleans; Norfolk; Orlando; Phoenix; Richmond; San Antonio; San Diego; San Jose; San Francisco; Tampa.

• Mexico: Monterrey, Hermosillo, Cd. Juárez, Tijuana, Mexicali.
• Brazil: São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul.
• South America: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Valparaíso, Chile; Lima, Perú; and Asunción, Paraguay.

In Eurasia

• Azerbaijan: Baku, Lankaran
• Mainland China: Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanning, Changsha, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu
• Hong Kong
• Macau
• Taiwan: Taipei; Kaohsiung (borders on a true tropical climate)
• Japan: Shikoku, Kyūshū, Okinawa, Honshū
• European Union: Inland areas around the Mediterranean including a major part of the Iberian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula. Major metropolises (urban area above 1 million people): Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, Lisbon, Rome, Naples, Porto, Marseilles, Valencia, Nice. Other places: Malta and Gibraltar.
• Georgia: Batumi, Sukhumi.
• India: Amritsar, Lucknow, Srinagar, Varanasi, Patna, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bhopal, Allahabad, Dhanbad, Ranchi and Delhi.
• Pakistan: Islamabad, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad, Quetta, Mardan.
• Russia: Sochi, Tuapse, Gelendzhik, Derbent .
• Philippines: Baguio, Batanes, Sagada, Tagaytay
• Turkey: Adana, Antalya, İzmir, Mersin.
• Middle East: Coastal Iran, Persian Gulf; Baghdad, Iraq; Israel; Northern Saudi Arabia; Beirut, Lebanon and Latakia, Syria.
• Ukraine: Yalta, Sevastopol, Simferopol barely making qualifications on the northern extent.
• Vietnam: Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Lat.

In Oceania

• Australia: New South Wales (though not most of the Tablelands and Highland regions), parts of Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria.
• New Zealand: The majority of the North Island, including the Auckland, Northland, Gisborne, and Hawke's Bay regions, as well as the coastal areas of the Waikato Region, Bay of Plenty, and Taranaki regions.

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