the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"
You use clime in expressions such as warmer climes and foreign climes to refer to a place that has a particular kind of climate. He left Britain for the sunnier climes of Southern France. Climate: in search of warmer climes. a place that has a particular type of climate (clima; CLIMATE)