It is especially well-suited to countries with a Mediterranean-type climate, but also grows well in high altitudes in the tropics.
Camarillo and the surrounding area has a temperate, Mediterranean-type climate.
Such evergreen shrubs as scrub oak, chamise, and manzanita grow in the chaparral of southern California where there is a Mediterranean-type climate.
The basin experiences a mediterranean-type climate.
All species require excellent drainage and prefer Mediterranean-type climate of very dry summers and wet winters.
"If current curves hold, in fifty or sixty years' time we will have a Mediterranean-type climate here," he said.
Due to its need of humid climate and heat, this palm tree is now able to grow worldwide in Mediterranean-type climates.
Rainfall and floods are seasonal, falling primarily between October and May, and are typical of the wet Mediterranean-type climate of north coastal California.
It is thus difficult to cultivate outside of mediterranean-type climates, and it does not do well in tropical or summer-rainfall areas.
The portions within Córdoba and San Luis enjoy Mediterranean-type climate, with intense summer rainstorms and snowy winters; the vegetation here includes conifer trees.