Terrestrial Biomes of the World
Selected Cities to Track Climate Conditions
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Tropical Rain Forest Costa Rica San Jose 10.0° N 84.2° W
Nicaraqua Manaqua 12.1° N 86.2° W
Columbia Valledupar 10.4° N 73.2° W
Australia Northern Territory Darwin 12.4° S 130.9° E
Indonesia Jakarta 6.1° S 106.9° E
Cambodia Phnom-Penh 11.6° N 104.8° E
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Temperate (Deciduous) Forest United States Massachusetts Boston 42.4° N 71.0° W
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia 40.0° N 75.1° W
South Korea Seoul 37.5° N 126.8° E
United Kingdom Birmingham 52.5° N 1.7° W
Germany Stuttgart 48.7° N 9.2° E
Portugal Porto 41.2° N 8.7° W
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Coniferous (Boreal, Taiga) Forest United States Alaska Anchorage 61.2° N 149.9° W
Canada Alberta Edmonton 53.3° N 113.6° W
Canada Quebec Blanc Sablon 51.5° N 57.2° W
Sweden Stockholm 59.7° N 18.0° E
Norway Oslo 60.2° N 11.1° E
Russia Bomnak 54.7° N 128.9° E
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Arctic Tundra Canada Northwest Territory Clyde 70.5° N 68.5° W
Iceland Reykjavik 64.1° N 21.9° W
Alaska Barrow 71.3° N 156.8° W
Norway Tromso 69.7° N 18.9° E
Greenland Nuuk 64.2° N 51.8° W
Russia Anadyr 64.8° N 177.6° E
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Alpine Tundra Bolivia LaPaz 16.5° S 68.2° W
Peru Cuzco 13.6° S 72.0° W
Nepal Kathmandu 27.7° N 85.4° E
United States Colorado Leadville 39.3° N 106.2° W
Canada British Columbia Prince George 53.9° N 122.7° W
Austria Innsbruck 47.3° N 11.4° E
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Tropical Savannas Africa Zimbabwe Bulawayo 20.1° S 28.6° E
(Grasslands) Africa Kenya Nairobi 1.3° S 36.9° E
South America Brazil Brasilia 15.8° S 47.9° W
South America Venezuela Valencia 10.2° N 67.9° W
Africa Mozambique Nampula 15.1° S 39.3° E
South America Chile Santiago 33.4° S 70.8° W
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Temperate (Prairies, Steppes) Hungary Budapest 47.4° N 19.3° E
Grasslands South America Uraguay Montevideo 34.8° S 56.0° W
South America Argentina Bahia Blanca 38.7° S 62.2° W
United States Nebraska Lincoln 40.8° N 96.8° W
United States Kansas Wichita 37.7° N 97.3° W
Russia Omsk 54.9° N 73.4° E
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Hot Deserts Saudi Arabia Riyadh 24.7° N 46.7° E
Tunisia Tunis 36.8° N 10.2° E
Australia Northern Territory Alice Springs 23.8° S 133.9° E
United States Arizona Phoenix 33.8° N 112.1° W
Iran Tehran 35.7° N 51.3° E
Egypt Cairo 30.1° N 31.4° E
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Cold Deserts Mongolia Ulaan-Baator 47.9° N 107.0° E
Mongolia Maanti 47.3° N 107.5° E
United States Utah Ogden 41.2° N 112.0° W
United States Idaho Pocatello 42.9° N 112.4° W
Antarctica Mawson 67.6° S 62.9° E
Antarctica Vostok 78.4° S 106.9° E
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Chaparral (Mediterranean Scrubland) Morocco Marrakech 31.6° N 8.0° W
Spain Sevilla 37.4° N 5.9° W
Portugal Lisben (Lisboa) 38.8° N 9.1° W
Italy Naples 40.8° N 14.3° E
United States California Monterey 36.6° N 121.8° W
Chile Concepcion 36.8° S 73.1° W
Biome Country/Continent State/Region City Coordinates
Islands Kiribati Pacific Ocean Tarawa 1.4° N 172.9° E
Fiji Pacific Ocean Suva 18.1° S 178.4° E
Canary Islands Atlantic Ocean Lanzarote 29.0° N 13.6° W
Azores Atlantic Ocean Flores 39.5° N 31.1° W
Jamaica Mediterranean Kingston 17.9° N 76.8° W
St. Lucia Mediterranean Vigie 14.0° N 61.0° W
