A desert climate is found in North Africa, the Middle East, northern Mexico, Namibia, and central Australia.
It is labelled ‘BWh’ by the Köppen–Geiger scheme for the classification of climates, which requires:
- average temperature to be 18 °C or greater
- annual precipitation to be less than 50% of the annual potential evapotranspiration.
Explore places with the (BWh) climate
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Al-ʿAzīzīyaẗ | Libya |
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Ahvāz | Iran |
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Alexandria / Al-Iskandarīyaẗ | Egypt |
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Alice Springs | Northern Territory | Australia |
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Almería | Almería | Spain | BWh, bordering on BSh |
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Baghdād | Iraq |
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Biskra / Biskraẗ | Algeria |
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Cairo / Al-Qāhiraẗ | Egypt |
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Coober Pedy | South Australia | Australia |
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Death Valley | California | United States of America |
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Djibouti | Djibouti |
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Doha / Ad-Dawḥa | Qatar |
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Dubai / Dubayy | Emirate of Dubai | United Arab Emirates |
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Eilat / Elat | Israel |
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Fuerteventura | Canarias autonomous community | Spain |
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Hermosillo | Sonora | Mexico |
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Jodhpur | Rājasthān | India |
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Karachi | Pakistan |
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Khartoum / Al-Khurṭūm | Sudan |
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Kuwait City / Madinaẗ Al-Kuwayt | Kuwait |
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Lanzarote | Canarias autonomous community | Spain |
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Las Vegas | Nevada | United States of America |
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Lima | Lima Metropolitana | Peru |
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Mecca / Makkaẗ al-Mukarramaẗ | Saudi Arabia |
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Muscat / Masqaṭ | Oman |
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Nouakchott | Mauritania |
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Phoenix | Arizona | United States of America |
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Punto Fijo | Falcón | Venezuela |
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Qom | Iran |
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Riyadh / 'Ar-Riyāḍ | Saudi Arabia |
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Timbuktu | Mali |
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Upington | South Africa |
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Yazd | Iran |
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