A semidesert climate, with a cold winter, is associated with the elevated interiors of major land masses.
It is labelled ‘BSk’ by the Köppen–Geiger scheme for the classification of climates, which requires:
- average temperature to be less than 18 °C
- annual precipitation to be greater than 50%, but less than 100% of the annual potential evapotranspiration.
Explore places with the (BSk) climate
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Albacete | Albacete | Spain |
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Aleppo / Ḥalab | Syria |
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Alexandra | New Zealand | BSk, bordering on Cfb |
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Asmara | Eritrea |
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Astrakhan / Astrahan’ | Astrahan’ / Astrahanskaâ oblast’ | Russian Federation |
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Baku / Bakı | Azerbaijan |
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Batna / Bātnaẗ | Algeria |
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Bloemfontein | South Africa |
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Boise | Idaho | United States of America |
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Cochabamba | Cochabamba | Bolivia |
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Comodoro Rivadavia | Chubut | Argentina |
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Daraa / Darʿā | Syria | BSk, bordering on BSh |
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Denver | Colorado | United States of America |
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Kabul | Afghanistan |
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Kalgoorlie | Western Australia | Australia |
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Kamloops | British Columbia | Canada |
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Karaj | Iran |
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Konya | Türkiye |
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L’Agulhas | South Africa |
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La Quiaca | Jujuy | Argentina |
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Madrid | Comunidad de Madrid | Spain |
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Mashhad / Mašhad | Iran |
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Mildura | Victoria | Australia | BSk, bordering on BSh |
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Polokwane | South Africa | BSk, bordering on BSh |
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Quetta | Pakistan |
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Reno | Nevada | United States of America |
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Santiago | Santiago | Chile |
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Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | Canada | BSk, bordering on Dfb |
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Shíjiāzhuāng | Héběi | People’s Republic of China |
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Sulina | Romania |
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Tehrān | Iran |
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Tiānjīn | Tiānjīn | People’s Republic of China | BSk, bordering on Dwa |
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Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | BSk, bordering on Dwb |
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Ulan-Udè | Buryatia / Republic Burâtiâ | Russian Federation |
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Yerevan | Armenia | BSk, bordering on Dfa |
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Zacatecas City | Zacatecas | Mexico |
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Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Spain |
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