microclimate

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noun

A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate.

“The coastal hills are home to many different microclimates.”

OriginEnglish climate ← Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-) ← Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? →
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Meanings

nounmicroclimate (plural microclimates)

plural microclimates

  1. A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate.

    The coastal hills are home to many different microclimates.

    1 more example

    The microclimate on the south side of a building may differ from the one on the north, so that different plants may thrive.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Englishclimate
  6. Englishmicroclimate

From micro- + climate.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 微氣候 /微气候
  • 微氣候 /微气候 (wēiqìhòu)local climate region
Esperanto mikroklimato
  • mikroklimatolocal climate region
Finnish mikroilmasto
  • mikroilmastolocal climate region
French microclimat
  • microclimatlocal climate region
German Mikroklima
  • Mikroklimalocal climate region
Greek μικρόκλιμα
  • μικρόκλιμα (mikróklima)local climate region
Icelandic nærveður
  • nærveðurlocal climate region
Irish micrichlíoma, miocraeráid
  • micrichlíomalocal climate region
  • miocraeráidlocal climate region
Italian microclima
  • microclimalocal climate region
Japanese 微気候
  • 微気候 (bikikō)local climate region
Korean 미기후
  • 미기후 (migihu)local climate region
Norwegian Bokmål mikroklima
  • mikroklimalocal climate region
Persian میکروکلیما
  • میکروکلیما (mikroklimâ)local climate region
Polish mikroklimat
  • mikroklimatlocal climate region
Portuguese microclima
  • microclimalocal climate region
Romanian microclimat, microclimă
  • microclimatlocal climate region
  • microclimălocal climate region
Spanish microclima
  • microclimalocal climate region
Tagalog mikpanhunan
  • mikpanhunanlocal climate region
Vietnamese vi khí hậu
  • vi khí hậulocal climate region
Cite this entry
APA

microclimate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microclimate

MLA

“microclimate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microclimate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microclimate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microclimate.

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