Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart

The letters in the top row stand for months: January, February, etc. The bars and numbers convey the following information: The blue bars represent the amount of precipitation (rain, snow etc.) that falls in each month. The blue numbers are the amount of precipitation in either millimeters (liters per square meter) or inches. The red numbers are the average daily high and low temperatures for each month, and the red bars represent the average daily temperature span for each month. The thin gray line is 0 °C or 32°F, the point of freezing, for orientation.

Maribor, Slovenia
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     30     21 14     34     18 12     54     14 3     68     7 −3     97     2 −6     123     −12 −16     116     1 −5     118     14 4     100     21 14     116     28 16     107     30 18     84     31 20 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     1.2     70 57     1.3     64 54     2.1     57 37     2.7     45 27     3.8     36 21     4.8     10 3     4.6     34 23     4.6     57 39     3.9     70 57     4.6     82 61     4.2     86 64     3.3     88 68 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Helsinki, Finland
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     112     27 19     117     31 23     150     34 25     297     35 27     345     36 29     351     35 27     318     34 25     297     33 25     417     32 23     465     34 22     419     31 20     285     28 19 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     4.4     81 66     4.6     88 73     5.9     93 77     12     95 81     14     97 84     14     95 81     13     93 77     12     91 77     16     90 73     18     93 72     16     88 68     11     82 66 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Cuzco, Peru
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     163     27 17     150     28 19     109     30 19     51     31 22     15     32 23     5     31 23     5     31 22     10     31 21     25     30 21     67     31 19     76     28 18     137     27 16 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     6.4     81 63     5.9     82 66     4.3     86 66     2     88 72     0.6     90 73     0.2     88 73     0.2     88 72     0.4     88 70     1     86 70     2.6     88 66     3     82 64     5.4     81 61 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

As we can see from the chart, Maribor has a temperate climate with hot summers and freezing winters. It lies in the northern hemisphere, so the temperatures peak in July and August. The temperature in Labuan, which lies in the heart of the tropics, hardly changes through the year. Instead of summers and winters, there is a dry season in the beginning of the year, followed by a wet season with high rainfall. Cuzco also lies near the equator, but at a much higher altitude in the Andean highlands, and also much drier. Like in Labuan, the daily high temperature barely changes through the year, but they are significantly cooler due to the altitude. Nights in Cuzco are much colder than during the day, especially in the dry months from May to August.