What's the difference between tropical and subtropical?

Tropical, located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer, on both sides of the equator, between 23 26' south latitude, accounting for 39.8% of the global total area.

Subtropics, also known as subtropics, are generally located in temperate zones near the tropics (23.5-40 north latitude and 23.5-40 south latitude).

2. Different climatic characteristics

Tropical areas are characterized by high temperature all year round, with a small range, only relatively hot seasons and cool seasons or rainy and dry seasons. The annual temperature is greater than 16 degrees Celsius. ?

Subtropical climate is similar to tropical climate in summer, but it is obviously colder than tropical climate in winter. The coldest monthly average temperature is above 0 degrees Celsius.

3. Different climate types

Tropical climate includes tropical rain forest climate, tropical grassland climate, tropical monsoon climate and tropical desert climate;

Subtropical climate includes subtropical monsoon climate, subtropical summer arid climate (Mediterranean climate), subtropical humid climate and subtropical arid and semi-arid climate.

Extended data:

tropical country

Asia: China (Hainan Island, Leizhou Peninsula, southern Yunnan and Taiwan Province Province), Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, East Timor, India (part), Bangladesh (part), Sri Lanka, Maldives;

Oceania: Oceania belongs to the tropical region except south-central Australia and New Zealand.

Africa: Except for North African countries and South Africa, Africa is mostly tropical;

Latin America: Except Argentina, most of Chile and northern Mexico belong to the tropics.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Subtropics

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-tropical