Nadir-pointing cloud-radar Doppler velocity (V_d) quantifies the reflectivity-weighted vertical motion of hydrometeors by combining sedimentation and vertical air motion. Thus, it provides an observational constraint on cloud microphysical–dynamical processes. However, as spaceborne Doppler measurements have only recently become available, its global climatology remains poorly documented. This study utilized EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar observations to establish the global climatology of V_d and evaluate its association with temperature, reflectivity, and cloud type. Quality-controlled V_d samples were analyzed after classifying cloud layers into five types based on the cloud-top temperature and column-maximum reflectivity. Results indicate that V_d is predominantly downward, consistent with hydrometeor sedimentation, and that the downward motion becomes faster at warmer temperatures. Below the melting layer, V_d varies among cloud types, even at comparable reflectivities. Further, warm precipitating clouds exhibited faster downward V_d than non-precipitating warm clouds, whereas precipitation originating from cold cloud layers demonstrated even faster downward V_d. These cloud-type differences indicate that V_d describes precipitation pathways and vertical air motion, which are not captured by reflectivity alone. Geographical patterns of mean V_d display faster downward velocities over tropical convective regions dominated by precipitating clouds, but much weaker downward velocities over subtropical stratocumulus regions dominated by non-precipitating warm clouds. Additionally, the fractional occurrences of substantially positive V_d highlight upward particle motion signatures obscured in the mean fields, particularly in strongly precipitating cold clouds in the tropics. Therefore, spaceborne Doppler measurements provide a benchmark for evaluating cloud microphysics, precipitation formation, and convective transport in global models.