Home › Climate types › Tropical savanna (dry summer)
Climate type
Tropical savanna (dry summer) climate
As Köppen code AsHot all year, with the dry season falling in summer rather than winter — the less common tropical-savanna variant. Cities with this climate include San José, Panama City, Phuket.
Example cities with this climate
What this climate is like
Hot all year, with the dry season falling in summer rather than winter — the less common tropical-savanna variant.
Temperatures
Hot in every month, similar to Aw — the difference is when the rain falls, not the temperature.
Rainfall and seasons
A dry summer and a wetter winter — the reverse of typical tropical savanna. Found in coastal pockets shielded from monsoon rains.
Where in the world
Coastal East Africa, parts of Central America, and a handful of Caribbean and South Asian coastal pockets.
A typical year, in two recognisable cities — coolest and warmest month averages:
What it means for you
Whether you're thinking of moving, gardening or travelling.
🏠 Living here
Year-round heat. Less common than Aw and often a coastal microclimate — rainfall pattern depends on local geography.
🌱 Gardening
Like Aw but with the wet/dry seasons reversed — plan crops around the local rainfall pattern, not the calendar.
✈️ Travel
The dry summer is the practical travel window; wet winter is less stormy than Aw's wet summer but still humid.
Browse cities with this climate
Popular cities with this climate
All 290 cities, across 41 countries — open a country to see its list.