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{{short description|Type of tropical climate in which there is no dry season}}
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map Af present.svg|thumb|upright=1.8|Worldwide zones of tropical rainforest climate (Af).]]
A '''tropical rainforest climate''' or '''equatorial climate''' is a [[tropical climate]] sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the [[equator]]. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States, and Okinawa, Japan that fall into the tropical rainforest climate category. They experience high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges, and rain that falls throughout the year. Regions with this climate are typically designated '''''Af''''' by the [[Köppen climate classification]]. A tropical rainforest climate is typically hot, very humid, and wet.

==Description==
[[File:Cloud forest mount kinabalu.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Borneo, with the typical vegetation of tropical forest.]]
Tropical rain forests have a type of [[tropical climate]] in which there is no [[dry season]]—all months have an average [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] value of at least {{convert|60|mm|in|abbr=on}}. There are no distinct wet or dry seasons as rainfall is high throughout the months. One day in a tropical rainforest climate can be very similar to the next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature during the year.<ref name="McKnight">{{Cite book
| last1 = McKnight
| first1 = Tom L
| last2 = Hess
| first2 = Darrel
| year = 2000
| chapter = Climate Zones and Types
| title = Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/physicalgeographmckn/page/205 205–8]
| location = Upper Saddle River, NJ
| publisher = Prentice Hall
| isbn = 978-0-13-020263-5
| chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/physicalgeographmckn/page/205
}}</ref>

=== Equatorial climates and tropical trade-wind climates ===
When tropical rainforest climates are more dominated by the [[Intertropical Convergence Zone]] (ITCZ) than the trade winds (and with no or rare cyclones), so usually located near the equator, they are also called equatorial climates. Otherwise, when they are more dominated by the trade winds than the ITCZ, they are called tropical trade-wind climates. In pure equatorial climates, the atmospheric pressure is almost constantly low so the horizontal pressure gradient is low. Consequently, the winds are rare and usually weak (except sea and land breezes in coastal areas) while in tropical trade-wind climates, often located at higher latitudes than the equatorial climates, wind is almost permanent which incidentally explains why rainforest formations are impoverished compared to those of equatorial climates due to their necessary resistance to strong winds accompanying tropical disturbances.<ref>Climatologie Pierre Estienne Alain Godard, pages 309 and 316</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Seidel|first1=Dian J.|last2=Fu|first2=Qiang|last3=Randel|first3=William J.|last4=Reichler|first4=Thomas J.|date=January 2008|title=Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo.2007.38|journal=Nature Geoscience|language=en|volume=1|issue=1|pages=21–24|doi=10.1038/ngeo.2007.38|bibcode=2008NatGe...1...21S|issn=1752-0908}}</ref>

==Cities with tropical rainforest climates==
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'''Asia'''
* [[Batang Regency|Batang]], [[Indonesia]]
* [[Palembang]], [[Indonesia]]
* [[Medan]], [[Indonesia]]
* [[Balikpapan]], [[Indonesia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Padang, Indonesia|Padang]], [[Indonesia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Pontianak]], [[Indonesia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Ishigaki, Okinawa|Ishigaki]], [[Japan]]
* [[Johor Bahru]], [[Malaysia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Kandy]], [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Kuching]], [[Malaysia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[George Town, Penang|George Town]], [[Malaysia]]
* [[Ipoh]], [[Malaysia]]
* [[Davao City]], [[Philippines]]
* [[Polomolok]], [[Philippines]]
* [[Tacloban, Leyte]], [[Philippines]]
* [[Singapore]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Kurunegala]], [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]], [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[Orchid Island]], [[Taiwan]]
* [[Nakhon Si Thammarat]], [[Thailand]]

'''Oceania'''
* [[Pago Pago]], [[American Samoa]]
* [[Innisfail, Queensland]], [[Australia]]
* [[Palikir]], [[Federated States of Micronesia]]
* [[Suva]], [[Fiji]]
* [[Hanga Roa]], [[Easter Island]], [[Chile]]
* [[Hagåtña]], [[Guam]]
* [[Tarawa]], [[Kiribati]]
* [[Majuro]], [[Marshall Islands]]
* [[Tabubil]], [[Papua New Guinea]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Lae]], Papua New Guinea ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Apia]], [[Samoa]]
* [[Honiara]], [[Solomon Islands]]
* [[Nuku’alofa]], [[Tonga]]
* [[Funafuti]], [[Tuvalu]]
* [[Hilo]], [[Hawaii]], [[United States]]
* [[Port Vila]], [[Vanuatu]]
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'''Africa'''
* [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]], Comoros
* [[Kisumu]], [[Kenya]]
* [[Harper, Liberia|Harper]], [[Liberia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Antalaha]], [[Madagascar]]
* [[Manakara]], Madagascar
* [[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]
* [[Toamasina]], Madagascar

'''Americas'''
* [[Lelydorp]], [[Suriname]]
* [[Punta Gorda, Belize|Punta Gorda]], [[Belize]]
* [[Limón]], [[Costa Rica]]
* [[Higüey (city)|Higüey]], [[Dominican Republic]]
* [[Puerto Barrios]], [[Guatemala]]
* [[La Ceiba]], [[Honduras]]
* [[Port Antonio]], [[Jamaica]]
* [[Bluefields]], [[Nicaragua]]
* [[Changuinola]], [[Panama]]
* [[West Palm Beach]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]
* [[Fort Lauderdale]], Florida, United States
* [[Belém]], Brazil ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Macaé]], Brazil
* [[Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago|Scarborough]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Brazil
* [[Florencia, Caquetá|Florencia]], [[Colombia]]
* [[Puyo, Pastaza|Puyo]], [[Ecuador]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni]], [[French Guiana]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
* [[Iquitos]], [[Peru]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Paramaribo]], [[Suriname]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca]], [[Colombia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
* [[Leticia, Amazonas|Leticia]], [[Colombia]] ''(equatorial climate)''
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{{climate chart|[[Paramaribo|Paramaribo, Suriname]]
|22|30|200
|22|30|140
|22|30|150
|22|31|210
|23|30|290
|22|31|290
|22|31|230
|23|32|170
|23|32|90
|23|33|90
|23|32|120
|22|30|180
|float=left
|clear=none
|source= [http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=52218&refer=&units=metric]
}}

{{climate chart|[[Mbandaka|Mbandaka, DR Congo]]
|19|31|80
|20|32|100
|20|32|150
|20|31|140
|20|31|130
|19|30|110
|17|30|100
|17|29|100
|19|30|200
|19|30|210
|19|30|190
|19|30|120
|float=left
|clear=none
|source=[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=50046&refer=&units=metric]
}}

{{climate chart|[[Pontianak|Pontianak, Indonesia]]
|22.7|32.4|260
|22.6|32.7|215
|23.0|32.9|254
|23.2|33.2|292
|23.4|33.0|256
|23.1|33.2|212
|22.3|32.9|201
|22.5|33.4|180
|22.6|32.6|295
|22.8|32.6|329
|22.6|32.2|400
|22.4|32.0|302
|float=left
|clear=none
|source= [https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=653]
}}

{{climate chart
| [[Kuching, Malaysia]]
|22.9|30.4|466.2
|23.2|29.1|445.2
|23.0|30.3|465.2
|23.3|32.0|251.0
|23.5|32.7|346.8
|22.9|31.6|309.8
|23.3|31.2|183.5
|23.0|31.6|326.4
|23.2|32.1|207.8
|23.2|31.5|307.2
|23.5|31.9|482.4
|23.2|30.4|516.2
|float = left
|clear = none
|source = Monthly Statistical Bulletin Sarawak
}}

{{climate chart|[[Davao City|Davao, Philippines]]
|23.3|30.8|140.3
|23.3|31.2|109.4
|23.6|32.2|108.4
|24.2|33.0|124.7
|24.6|32.6|158.7
|24.2|31.8|186.7
|23.9|31.5|165.0
|24.0|31.7|170.0
|23.9|31.9|170.4
|23.9|32.3|174.8
|23.9|32.1|138.1
|23.7|31.4|112.6
|float=left
|clear=none
|source= [https://data.gov.ph/?q=dataset/climatological-normal-values/resource/d9212dc8-8164-44ae-8170-cf3a306c7d82]
}}

{{climate chart
| [[Quibdó|Quibdó, Colombia]]
|23|30.1|579.3
|23.1|30.2|505.4
|23.2|30.4|526.1
|23.4|30.8|654.6
|23.2|31|776.2
|23|31.2|761.6
|22.8|31.1|802.6
|22.9|31|851.7
|22.8|30.7|702.4
|22.7|30.4|654
|22.8|30.2|728.1
|23|29.6|588.5
|maxprecip = 851.7
|float = left
|clear = 652652625
|source = [http://bart.ideam.gov.co/cliciu/quibdo/tabla.htm]
}}
{{clear}}

==See also==
* [[Tropics]]
* [[Monsoon climate]]
* [[Tropical savanna climate]]
* [[Köppen climate classification]]

==References==
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[[Category:Köppen climate types]]
[[Category:Rainforests]]
[[Category:Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests]]
[[Category:Tropical rainforests]]
[[Category:Tropics|Climate, Rainforest]]

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