African Climatic Zone Data

Africa has six different climatic zones: Tropical Wet, Tropical Summer Rainfall, Semiarid, Arid, Highland, and Mediterranean. This chart shows temperature and precipitation figures for several cities in each climatic zone.

City

Average January High Temperature

Average January Low Temperature

Average July High Temperature

Average July Low Temperature

Average Annual Precipitation

Tropical Wet Climatic Zone
Douala, Cameroon	33 °C/91 °F	21 °C/69 °F	30 °C/85 °F	21 °C/70 °F	4,030 mm/159 in
Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo	34 °C/93 °F	18 °C/64 °F	32 °C/90 °F	19 °C/65 °F	1,771 mm/70 in
Entebbe, Uganda	29 °C/85 °F	14 °C/57 °F	27 °C/81 °F	14 °C/56 °F	1,627 mm/64 in
Toamasina, Madagascar	33 °C/91 °F	21 °C/70 °F	26 °C/79 °F	15 °C/59 °F	3,290 mm/130 in
Tropical Summer Rainfall Climatic Zone
Conakry, Guinea	33 °C/91 °F	19 °C/67 °F	30 °C/86 °F	20 °C/68 °F	4,418 mm/174 in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	37 °C/99 °F	13 °C/55 °F	36 °C/96 °F	19 °C/66 °F	889 mm/35 in
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	34 °C/92 °F	20 °C/67 °F	31 °C/88 °F	15 °C/58 °F	1,402 mm/55 in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	34 °C/92 °F	21 °C/70 °F	30 °C/87 °F	16 °C/60 °F	1,105 mm/44 in
Semiarid Climatic Zone
Dakar, Senegal	31 °C/88 °F	15 °C/59 °F	32 °C/89 °F	21 °C/71 °F	583 mm/23 in
Niamey, Niger	37 °C/99 °F	12 °C/53 °F	38 °C/101 °F	19 °C/67 °F	634 mm/25 in
Gaborone, Botswana	38 °C/100 °F	14 °C/57 °F	27 °C/81 °F	-2 °C/29 °F	497 mm/20 in
Windhoek, Namibia	34 °C/93 °F	12 °C/54 °F	24 °C/74 °F	1 °C/33 °F	364 mm/14 in
Arid Climatic Zone
Nouakchott, Mauritania	35 °C/94 °F	8 °C/47 °F	41 °C/105 °F	21 °C/70 °F	151 mm/5.9 in
Cairo, Egypt	25 °C/78 °F	5 °C/41 °F	40 °C/103 °F	20 °C/67 °F	25 mm/0.98 in
Khartoum, Sudan	37 °C/98 °F	11 °C/52 °F	42 °C/108 °F	22 °C/71 °F	179 mm/7 in
Mogadishu, Somalia	31 °C/88 °F	21 °C/70 °F	29 °C/85 °F	22 °C/71 °F	371 mm/15 in
Highland Climatic Zone
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	26 °C/79 °F	1 °C/34 °F	25 °C/76 °F	8 °C/47 °F	1,115 mm/44 in
Eldoret, Kenya	27 °C/81 °F	5 °C/41 °F	24 °C/75 °F	6 °C/43 °F	1,103 mm/43 in
Mediterranean Climatic Zone
Tangier, Morocco	19 °C/66 °F	6 °C/42 °F	30 °C/87 °F	16 °C/61 °F	860 mm/34 in
Algiers, Algeria	22 °C/72 °F	5 °C/42 °F	36 °C/96 °F	19 °C/67 °F	729 mm/29 in
Cape Town, South Africa	34 °C/93 °F	12 °C/54 °F	24 °C/76 °F	4 °C/38 °F	620 mm/24 in

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