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As February is included among the months considered as summer, it is the shortest season on average. Where the other seasons each last a total of 92 days in a real-time year, summer lasts a total of 89 days or, in case of a {{wp|leap year}}, 90 days. This is true for the southern hemisphere summer, as the Earth is near perihelion. Summer lasts only approximately 89 days, while winter lasts closer to 94. The opposite is in effect for the northern hemisphere.

 

When summer and winter start in the {{wp|northern hemisphere}} of the real world, the same season is in effect in-game. This is not true for spring and autumn, whereas it is spring in-game when autumn starts in real life and vice versa. The opposite is true for the {{wp|southern hemisphere}}: real-world spring and autumn start in months with their respective in-game seasons, while summer and winter start in in-game winter and summer respectively.

 

In some countries, most notably in {{wp|North America}} and parts of {{wp|Europe}}, seasons start at {{wp|solstice}}s and {{wp|equinox}}es, rather than starting at the first day of a month as is the case in countries like {{wp|Australia}}. In such cases, all four seasons appear in-game in each real life season.

 

{{game|Black and White|s}}, the first games to introduce this feature, were released during autumn in Japan, and the in-game season was spring. The international releases were released during spring in the northern hemisphere, and the in-game season was autumn.