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, counted by water content. 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     −2 −7       34     −1 −7       54     4 −3       68     9 1       97     16 7       123     20 11       116     22 12       118     20 11       100     15 8       116     9 4       107     3 −2       84     0 −6 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation+Snow totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D       1.2     28 19       1.3     30 19       2.1     39 27       2.7     48 34       3.8     61 45       4.8     68 52       4.6     72 54       4.6     68 52       3.9     59 46       4.6     48 39       4.2     37 28       3.3     32 21 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation+Snow totals in inches

Labuan, Malaysia
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D       112     30 24       117     30 24       150     31 24       297     32 24       345     32 24       351     31 24       318     31 25       297     31 24       417     31 24       465     31 24       419     31 24       285     30 24 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation+Snow totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D       4.4     86 75       4.6     86 75       5.9     88 75       12     90 75       14     90 75       14     88 75       13     88 77       12     88 75       16     88 75       18     88 75       16     88 75       11     86 75 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation+Snow totals in inches

Cuzco, Peru
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D       163     20 7       150     21 7       109     21 7       51     22 4       15     21 2       5     21 1       5     21 −1       10     21 1       25     22 4       67     22 6       76     23 6       137     22 7 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation+Snow totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D       6.4     68 45       5.9     70 45       4.3     70 45       2     72 39       0.6     70 36       0.2     70 34       0.2     70 30       0.4     70 34       1     72 39       2.6     72 43       3     73 43       5.4     72 45 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation+Snow 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 is 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.