The tables below show the climate zone number for a wide variety of International

locations. Additional information on international climatic zones can be found in

ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Normative Appendix B Building Envelope
Climate Criteria. The information below is from Tables B-2, B-3, and B-4 in that appendix.

International Climate Zone Definitions

Zone
Number

Zone
Name

Thermal Criteria
(I-P Units)

Thermal Criteria
(SI Units)

1A and 1B

Very Hot Humid (1A)

Dry (1B)

9000 < CDD50F

5000 < CDD10C

2A and 2B

Hot-Humid (2A)
Dry (2B)

6300 < CDD50F 9000

3500 < CDD10C 5000

3A and 3B

Warm Humid (3A)

Dry (3B)

4500 < CDD50F 6300

2500 < CDD10C < 3500

3C

Warm Marine (3C)

CDD50F 4500 AND

HDD65F 3600

CDD10C 2500 AND

HDD18C 2000

4A and 4B

Mixed-Humid (4A)
Dry (4B)

CDD50F 4500 AND

3600 < HDD65F 5400

CDD10C 2500 AND

HDD18C 3000

4C

Mixed Marine (4C)

3600 < HDD65F 5400

2000 < HDD18C 3000

5A, 5B, and 5C

Cool-Humid (5A)
Dry (5B)
Marine (5C)

5400 < HDD65F 7200

3000 < HDD18C 4000

6A and 6B

Cold Humid (6A)

Dry (6B)

7200 < HDD65F 9000

4000 < HDD18C 5000

Very Cold

9000 < HDD65F 12600

5000 < HDD18C 7000

Subarctic

12600 < HDD65F

7000 < HDD18C

Marine (C) definition Locations meeting all four of the following criteria:
1. Mean temperature of coldest month between 27F (-3C) and 65F (18C)
2. Warmest month mean < 72F (22C)
3. At least four months with mean temperatures over 50F (10C)
4. Dry season in summer. The month with the heaviest precipitation in the cold season has at least
three times as much precipitation as the month with the least precipitation in the rest of the year.
The cold season is October through March in the Northern Hemisphere and April through
September in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dry (B) definition Locations meeting the following criteria:
Not marine and
P < 0.44 (T 19.5) [I-P units]
P < 2.0 (T + 7) [SI units]
Where:
P = annual precipitation in inches (cm) and
T = annual mean temperature in F (C).
Moist (A) definition Locations that are not marine and not dry.

Canadian Climate Zones

Province
City

Zone

Alberta (AB)
Calgary International A
Edmonton International A
Grande Prairie A
Jasper
Lethbridge A
Medicine Hat A
Red Deer A
British Columbia (BC)
Dawson Creek A
Ft Nelson A
Kamloops
Nanaimo A
New Westminster BC Pen
Penticton A
Prince George
Prince Rupert A
Vancouver International A
Victoria Gonzales Hts

7
7
7
7
6
6
7

7
8
5
5
5
5
7
6
5
5

Manitoba (MB)
Brandon CDA
Churchill A
Dauphin A
Flin Flon
Portage La Prairie A
The Pas A
Winnipeg International A

7
9
7
7
7
7
7

New Brunswick (NB)

Chatham A
Fredericton A
Moncton A
Saint John A

7
6
6
6

Province
City

Zone

Newfoundland (NF)
Corner Brook
Gander International A
Goose A
St Johns A
Stephenville A

6
7
7
6
6

Northwest Territories (NW)

Ft Smith A
Inuvik A
Yellowknife A

8
8
8

Nova Scotia (NS)

Halifax International A
Kentville CDA
Sydney A
Truro
Yarmouth A

6
6
6
6
6

Nunavut
Resolute A

Ontario (ON)
Belleville
Cornwall
Hamilton RBG
Kapuskasing A
Kenora A
Kingston A
London A
North Bay A
Oshawa WPCP
Ottawa International A
Owen Sound MOE
Petersborough
St Catharines
Sudbury A
Thunder Bay A
Timmins A
Toronto Downsview A
Windsor A

6
6
5
7
7
6
6
7
6
6
6
6
5
7
7
7
6
5

Province
City

Zone

Prince Edward (PE)

Charlottetown A
Summerside A

6
6

Quebec (PQ)
Bagotville A
Drummondville
Granby
Montreal Dorval Intl A
Quebec A
Rimouski
Septles A
Shawinigan
Sherbrooke A
St Jean de Cherbourg
St Jerome
Thetford Mines
Trois Rivieres
Val dOr A
Valleyfield

7
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
6

Saskatchewan (SK)
Estevan A
Moose Jaw A
North Battleford A
Prince Albert A
Regina A
Saskatoon A
Swift Current A
Yorkton A

7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

Yukon Territory (YT)

Whitehorse A

Mexican Climate Zones

Country
City
Mexico
Mexico City (Distrito Federal)
Guadalajara (Jalisco)
Monterrey (Nuevo Laredo)

Zone

3
1
3

Country
City
Mexico
Tampico (Tamaulipas)
Veracruz (Veracruz)
Merida (Yucatan)

Zone

1
4
1

International Climate Zones

Country
City
Argentina
Buenos Aires/Ezeiza
Cordoba
Tucuman/Pozo

Zone

3
3
2

Australia
Adelaide (SA)
Alice Springs (NT)
Brisbane (AL)
Darwin Airport (NT)
Perth/Guildford (WA)
Sydney/KSmith (NSW)

4
2
2
1
3
3

Azores (Terceira)
Lajes

Bahamas
Nassau

Belgium
Brussels Airport

Bolivia
La Paz/El Alto

Bulgaria
Sofia
Chili
Concepcion
Punta Arenas/Chabunco
Santiago/Pedahuel
China
Shanghai
Cuba
Guantanamo Bay NAS
(Ote)

Cyprus
Akrotiri
Larnaca
Paphos

Zone

Czech Republic
Prague/Libus
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Egypt
Cairo
Luxor
Finland
Helinski/Seutula
France
Lyon/Satolas
Marseille
Nantes
Nice
Paris/Le Bourget
Strasbourg

4
4
4
4
4
5

Germany
Berlin/Schoenfeld
Hamburg
Hannover
Mannheim

5
5
5
5

Bermuda
St George/Kindley

Brazil
Belem
Brasilia
Fortaleza
Porto Alegre
Recife/Curado
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador/Ondina
Sao Paulo

Country
City

1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2

3
3
3

Ireland
Dublin Airport
Shannon Airport

5
4

Israel
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv Port

3
2

Italy
Milano/Linate
Napoli/Capodichino
Roma/Fiumicion

4
4
4

Jamaica
Kingston/Manley
Montego Bay/Sangster

1
1

Japan
Fukaura
Sapporo
Tokyo

5
5
3

Jordan
Amman

Kenya
Nairobi Airport

3
4

Korea
Pyonggang
Seoul

5
4

Greenland
Narssarssuaq

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Penang/Bayan Lepas

1
1

Netherlands
Amsterdam/Schiphol

Hungary
Budapest/Lorinc

Zone

Greece
Souda (Crete)
Thessalonika/Mikra

Iceland
Reykjavik

4
6
4

Country
City

India
Ahmedabad
Bangalore
Bombay/Santa Bruz
Calcutta/Dum Dum
Madras
Nagpur Sonegaon
New Delhi/Safdarjung
Indonesia
Djakarta/Halimperda
(Java)
Kupang Penfui (Sunda
Island)
Makassar (Celebes)
Medan (Sumatra)
Palembang (Sumatra)
Surabaga Perak (Java)

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

New Zealand
Auckland Airport
Christchurch
Wellington
Norway
Bergen/Florida
Oslo/Fornebu

5
6

Pakistan
Karachi Airport

1
1

Papua New Guinea

1
1
1
1

Port Moresby

Paraguay
Asuncion/Stroessner

International Climate Zones (cont.)

Country
City
Peru
LimaCallao/Chavez
San Juan de Marcona
Talara
Philippines
Manila Airport (Luzon)

Zone

2
2
2

Poland
Krakow/Balice

Romania
Bucuresti/Bancasa

Kaliningrad (E. Prussia)

Krasnoiarsk
Moscow Observatory
Petropavlovsk
RostovNaDonu
Vladivostok
Volgograd

7
6
7
5
6
6

Senegal
Kakar/Yoff

Zone

Country
City

Zone

Singapore
Singapore/Changi

Thailand
Bangkok

South Africa
Cape Town/D F Malan
Johannesburg
Pretoria

4
4
3

Tunisia
Tunis/El Auoina

Turkey
Adana
Ankara/Etimesgut
Istanbul/Yesilkoy

3
4
4

Spain
Barcelona
Madrid
Valencia/Manises
Sweden
Stockholm/Arlanda

Russia

Saudia Arabia
Dhahran
Riyadh

Country
City

1
1
1

Switzerland
Zurich
Syria
Damascus Airport

4
4
3
6

Taiwan
Tainan
Taipei

1
2

Tanzania
Dares Salaam

United Kingdom
Birmingham (England)
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Glasgow Airport (Scotland)
London/Heathrow
(England)

5
5
5
4

Uruguay
Montevideo/Carrasco

Venezuela
Caracas/Maiquetia

Vietnam
Hanoi/Gialam
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh)

1
1