How does location affect climate?

Answer 1

What can you conclude from this map?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Koppen_World_Map_(retouched_version).png

Answer 2

In addition, land areas near large bodies of water are more moderate than land that's farther inland. Higher elevations, as in mountains, also are colder than lowlands. Western Europe has more moderate temperatures than we'd expect from its latitude because of the Gulf Stream.