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Estudy climate and tourist activity:: comparitive data on the mediterranean climate

• Beginning
• Introduction
• Differential Characteristics
• The Climate in Europe
• Major Contrasts with the Iberian Peninsula
• The Optimum Climate for Tourist Activity

The major contrasts of the mediterranean climate in the iberian peninsula.

There are two major climatic groups in the Iberian Peninsula: the Oceanic or Western Coastal Maritime to the North (Cfb) and the Mediterranean climate, which influences the southern two-thirds of the peninsula. The geographic position of the physiographic peninsular group, the latitude, the proximity of the sea and the height create a series of regional variations, which are important to remember:

G.3 VARIATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.

CLIMATIC TYPE	DIFFERENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS
1.- CONTINENTAL MEDITERRANEAN	Excessively cold winters.
2.- HUMID CATALONIAN MEDITERRANEAN	More than 100 days of rain per year.
3.- VALENCIAN-BALEARIC MEDITERRANEAN	Precipitation concentrated in Autumn.
4.- DRY MEDITERRANEAN	Few days with rain per year.
5.- SUBTROPICAL MEDITERRANEAN	Very mild winter temperatures.
6.- HOT SUMMER MEDITERRANEAN	Average maximum temperatures > 26ºC
7.- CONTINENTAL MEDITERRANEAN	Very dry with cold winters.
8.- OCEANIC MEDITERRANEAN	Precipitation concentrated in winter.

Source: Capel Molina "Los Climas de España" y López Gómez A. "Adaptación de la clasificación de Köppen a los climas de España" Estudios Geográficos.