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An equatorial climate is a type of tropical climate
Tropical climate

A tropical climate is a kind of climate typical in the tropics. Wladimir K?ppen's widely-recognized K?ppen climate classification defines it as a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above ....
 in which there is no dry season
Dry season

The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which oscillation from the northern to the southern tropics over the course of the year....
 – all months have mean precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)

File:MeanMonthlyP.gifIn meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of Atmosphere water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface....
 values of at least 60 mm (2.36 inches). Equatorial climates have no pronounced summer or winter; it is hot and wet throughout the year and rainfall is heavy and falls throughout the afternoon on an almost daily basis. One day in an equatorial climate is very similar to the next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature between "summer" and "winter".

Equatorial climate is usually found at latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
s within five degrees North and South of the equator
Equator

The equator is the intersection of the Earth's surface with the Plane perpendicular to the Earth's rotation and containing the Earth's center of mass....
, which are dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone
Intertropical Convergence Zone

The 'Intertropical Convergence Zone' , also known as the 'Intertropical Front', 'Monsoon trough', or the 'Equatorial Convergence Zone', is a belt of low pressure area girdling Earth at the equator....
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An equatorial climate is a type of tropical climate
Tropical climate

A tropical climate is a kind of climate typical in the tropics. Wladimir K?ppen's widely-recognized K?ppen climate classification defines it as a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above ....
 in which there is no dry season
Dry season

The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which oscillation from the northern to the southern tropics over the course of the year....
 – all months have mean precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)

File:MeanMonthlyP.gifIn meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of Atmosphere water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface....
 values of at least 60 mm (2.36 inches). Equatorial climates have no pronounced summer or winter; it is hot and wet throughout the year and rainfall is heavy and falls throughout the afternoon on an almost daily basis. One day in an equatorial climate is very similar to the next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature between "summer" and "winter".

Equatorial climate is usually found at latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
s within five degrees North and South of the equator
Equator

The equator is the intersection of the Earth's surface with the Plane perpendicular to the Earth's rotation and containing the Earth's center of mass....
, which are dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone
Intertropical Convergence Zone

The 'Intertropical Convergence Zone' , also known as the 'Intertropical Front', 'Monsoon trough', or the 'Equatorial Convergence Zone', is a belt of low pressure area girdling Earth at the equator....
. However, tropical microclimate
Microclimate

A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet or as large as many square miles ....
s are found in many other regions, while not everywhere along the equatorial region there is an equatorial climate (see also equatorial dry zone).

The equatorial climate is denoted Af in the Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification

The K?ppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classifications. It was developed by Wladimir K?ppen, a Russian climatologist, around 1900 ....
. Tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are usually found around the equator. They are common in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Central America, Southern Mexico and on many of the Pacific Islands....
 is the natural vegetation in equatorial regions.

Cities with an equatorial climate