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Australia is mostly desert and semi-arid with an oceanic climate to the south coast, tropical savannah/monsoonal to the north, humid subtropical at the east coast and Mediterranean to the southwest. It also has subpolar regions in its mountains, and portions of the northeast have a tropical rainforest climate.
I'm not too knowledgeable with China's climate, but I believe it's humid subtropical at the eastern portion, arid to semi arid as you go to the far west, oceanic or subtropical highland in the mountains and (dry) humid continental/subarctic to the north. Its mountainous areas would be polar or arctic if I'm not mistaken.
Both countries seem very diverse, but which wins for you?
I think China wins here... mainly due to the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau. The height of these areas allows much more diverse climates in a small area. China also has continental and subarctic areas (D) climates that Australia for the most part lacks.
Australia is mostly desert and semi-arid with an oceanic climate to the south coast, tropical savannah/monsoonal to the north, humid subtropical at the east coast and Mediterranean tothe southwest. It also has subpolar regions in its mountains, and portions of the northeast have a tropical rainforest climate.
I'm not too knowledgeable with China's climate, but I believe it's humid subtropical at the eastern portion, arid to semi arid as you go to the far west, oceanic or subtropical highland in the mountains and (dry) humid continental/subarctic to the north. Its mountainous areas would be polar or arctic if I'm not mistaken.
Both countries seem very diverse, but which wins for you?
And south... China for me too but only just, both very diverse as you say.
Definately China. It has almost all spectres of climates from humid and (sub)tropical in the South (Hainan) to dry and cold long winters in the upper Northeast (Heilongjian).
There are also desert climates in the western part of China and not to forget: the Tibetan Highlands where some very high lying places even have ice climates.
Australia:
Tropical-yes
Humid subtropical-yes
Mediterranean-yes
Continental -yes, at least using 0C
Oceanic-yes (but mainly in Tasmania)
Subarctic-no, except maybe highest mountains
Polar-no, except uninhabited islands
Hot desert -yes
Cold desert (0C coldest month)-no
Semiarid-yes
7/10
China:
Tropical-yes but only Hainan
Humid subtropical-yes
Mediterranean-no, despite lots of land in 30s latitude
Continental-yes but only wet summer/dry winter type
Oceanic- no 22C July is north of 0C Jan isotherm
Subarctic-yes
Polar-yes
Hot desert-no? (all deserts have <0C months?))
Cold desert- yes
Semiarid- yes
7/10. Its a tie.
Australia:
Tropical-yes
Humid subtropical-yes
Mediterranean-yes
Continental -yes, at least using 0C
Oceanic-yes (but mainly in Tasmania)
Subarctic-no, except maybe highest mountains
Polar-no, except uninhabited islands
Hot desert -yes
Cold desert (0C coldest month)-no
Semiarid-yes
7/10
China:
Tropical-yes but only Hainan
Humid subtropical-yes
Mediterranean-no, despite lots of land in 30s latitude
Continental-yes but only wet summer/dry winter type
Oceanic- no 22C July is north of 0C Jan isotherm
Subarctic-yes
Polar-yes
Hot desert-no? (all deserts have <0C months?))
Cold desert- yes
Semiarid- yes
7/10. Its a tie.
Yeah I agree.
Didn't expect the 2/20 ratio on the votes. People think Australia is mainly arid (interior) and oceanic (coast) I guess.
Well... I voted for Australia by mistake, good for me...
It's China by a long, long shot, guys.
China is probably the second most climatically diverse country in the world after the USA, and I doubt that Australia would make the top ten in such list. Australia has its variety and many good climates, but let's be realistic...
Well... I voted for Australia by mistake, good for me...
It's China by a long, long shot, guys.
China is probably the second most climatically diverse country in the world after the USA, and I doubt that Australia would make the top ten in such list. Australia has its variety and many good climates, but let's be realistic...
Australia is still more climatically diverse than Brazil, Russia, Canada and arguably India.
China is more diverse when you consider temperatures as it has climates from subarctic to tropical. However it doesn't have much variety in terms of rainfall patterns with the monsoon/anticyclone cycle affecting the entire country.
Overall I'd give the edge to China but it's not as wide a gulf as 26-3 in the vote up until now.
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