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Fair shout, but are any settlements cold enough in winter even to get frost? A frost-free country feels a bit strange to talk about in these terms. There are so many varieties of tropical climates but they're still all tropical after all.
Well couldn't you say the same thing about Sweden and Japan? Are they not too just different degrees of the same climate?
This favors long thin countries that have high variation in latitude like Chile, Sweden, Japan, etc. Also countries with large change in elevation which those 2 all have. All have significant coastline. Chile's highest point is almost 7,000 m, Japan under 4,000 m and Sweden just above 2,000 m. Certainly large enough to have highland climates as well.
I find Chile's fascinating because the change in precipitation due to predominant wind patterns is so clear. Just looking at the aerial imagery you can see the clearly very dry north (side note, Iquique is one of my top climates. Year round mildness.). That dry region slowly but surely transitions to a more semi arid Santiago. Then you have the rainy southern portion with snowy mountains. Then of course you have Punta Arenas
I always thought it was interesting that Santiago appears to be right on the line between the green and brown areas in aerial imagery. I wonder if it's noticeable on opposite sides of the city? (slightly different soil type/vegetation, maybe?)
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Chile are amazing,in both climate and vegetation,ranging from nice evergreen mediterranean forests,until an completely deciduous forest in the Southern Parts.
I consider Easter Island subtropical, they don't get enough heat to qualify in my book, more like a warmer San Diego than say Miami or Santo Domingo
...according to Koppen, they barely qualify but it is borderline. The coldest month averages more than 4C warmer in Easter Island than San Diego with record lows more similar to Honolulu. Also those averages on Wikipedia are 1961-90 so if you had 1981-2010 it would probably be a bit warmer.
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...according to Koppen, they barely qualify but it is borderline. The coldest month averages more than 4C warmer in Easter Island than San Diego with record lows more similar to Honolulu. Also those averages on Wikipedia are 1961-90 so if you had 1981-2010 it would probably be a bit warmer.
If a place doesn't avg 21°C or higher for 10 months+ and doesn't have a warmest month 25°C or higher, than it's not truly tropical in my eyes. I don't consider Brasilia to be tropical either
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