Weather Africa is an important aspect of the overall World Weather and provides a detailed description of the different types of weather that are experienced by Africa.

Africa is located in the tropical zone and therefore experiences almost uniform weather conditions. There are several important factors that influence Weather Africa such as the effect of ocean currents and the absence of mountains ranges.

Weather in different Climatic Zone of Africa

Weather and climate are interrelated geographical phenomenon. In this continent, one can discern seven specific climatic zones that exercise significant influence upon Weather Africa . Weather of a particular region is actually determined by the fact that it falls under which climatic zone For example, Tropical rain forest type of climate prevails over the central part of the continent where the weather is of equatorial type marked with high temperature and heavy rainfall. A tropical Savanna climate zone exists on the North and South Africa where winters are dry and summer are wet. Again the interiors of the continent experiences Mediterranean type of climate.

Weather in Important Destinations of Africa

The wide variations that characterize Weather

Africa

  can be well grasped if one analyses the weather conditions prevailing over important African places. For example, Kenya is known to receive the highest amount of rainfall due to its long rainy season. On the other hand, Namibia receives very little rain throughout the year.

Again the topography of Tanzania allows it to experience different weather conditions. Even though the over all weather in Tanzania is hot, the nights are pleasant due to the presence of large plateaus. Botswana is subjected to dessert like weather conditions while Uganda falls under the tropical climatic zone.