Africa has many different climates, but is dominated by Aw.
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Classifications
Classification | Count | Köppen-Geiger | Examples |
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Tropical savanna climate | 117435 | Aw | Lagos, Kinshasa, Abidjan, Dar es Salaam, Ibadan |
Hot semi-arid climates | 50979 | BSh | Luanda, Dakar, Kano, Accra, Tripoli |
Hot desert climates | 37532 | BWh | Cairo, Alexandria, Khartoum, Giza, Omdurman |
Tropical monsoon climate | 22742 | Am | Douala, Conakry, Port Harcourt, Aba, Monrovia |
Hot-summer Mediterranean climate | 10318 | Csa | Casablanca, Algiers, Fes, Rabat, Meknès مكناس ⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ |
Oceanic climate | 5181 | Cfb | Johannesburg, Addis Abeba, Antananarivo, Soweto, Port Elizabeth |
Subtropical highland oceanic climate | 4675 | Cwb | Nairobi, Harare, Randburg, Nekemte, Debre Birhan |
Tropical rainforest climate | 4525 | Af | Kampala, Tolanaro, Victoria, Harper City, Bisie |
Cold semi-arid climates | 3420 | BSk | Asmara, Oujda وجدة, Bloemfontein, Batna, Djelfa |
Humid subtropical climate | 1645 | Cwa | Lusaka, Lubumbashi, Kitwe, Ndola, Kolwezi |
Warm-summer Mediterranean climate | 1227 | Csb | Cape Town, Mitchells Plain, Khayelitsha, Bayda, Blue Downs |
Humid subtropical climate | 739 | Cfa | Durban, Pretoria, Kembolcha, Nefasit, Ankazotsara |
Cold desert climates | 552 | BWk | Laghouat, Bou Saâda, Taourirt تاوريرت, Walvis Bay, Bouarfa بوعرفة |
Subtropical highland oceanic climate | 5 | Cwc | Arquaziye, Gich |
Warm humid continental climate | 4 | Dsb | Imejdig, Oukaimeden أوكايمدن |
Tundra climate | 2 | ET | Letseng-la-Terae |
Subpolar oceanic climate | 1 | Cfc | Belejao |
Lagos
This city has a tropical climate. The summers are much rainier than the winters in Lagos. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Aw. The average temperature in Lagos is 27.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1693 mm.
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The climate is tropical in Kinshasa. The summers here have a good deal of rainfall, while the winters have very little. This climate is considered to be Aw according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The temperature here averages 25.5 °C. In a year, the average rainfall is 1368 mm.
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Abidjan's climate is classified as tropical. In winter, there is much less rainfall than in summer. This location is classified as Aw by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature is 26.6 °C in Abidjan. Precipitation here averages 1784 mm.
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The climate here is tropical. The summers here have a good deal of rainfall, while the winters have very little. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Aw. The average annual temperature in Dar es Salaam is 25.9 °C. About 1089 mm of precipitation falls annually.
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The climate is tropical in Ibadan. When compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall. This climate is considered to be Aw according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The average annual temperature is 26.5 °C in Ibadan. About 1311 mm of precipitation falls annually.
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- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Congo-Kinshasa
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe