cold marine; strong westerly
winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year;
occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does
not accumulate

Faroe Islands:
mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy,
windy

Fiji:
tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation

Finland:
cold temperate; potentially subarctic, but comparatively
mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current,
Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes

France:
generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters
and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold,
dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral

French Guiana:
tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature
variation

French Polynesia:
tropical, but moderate

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
antarctic

Gabon:
tropical; always hot, humid

Gambia, The:
tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler,
dry season (November to May)

Gaza Strip:
temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers

Georgia:
warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast

Germany:
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and
summers; occasional warm foehn wind

Ghana:
tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast;
hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north

Gibraltar:
Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers

Glorioso Islands:
tropical

Greece:
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers

Greenland:
arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

Grenada:
tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Guadeloupe:
subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high
humidity

Guam:
tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by
northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season
from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation

Guatemala:
tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands

Guernsey:
temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of
days are overcast

Guinea:
generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June
to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May)
with northeasterly harmattan winds

Guinea-Bissau:
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type
rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season
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