Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - Is there winter in Africa? If there is winter, will it snow?

Is there winter in Africa? If there is winter, will it snow?

It depends on where it is. Southern and northern Africa are located in temperate zones, where there is winter and it may snow.

High altitude areas in Africa are very cold all year round, and it often snows, such as Mount Kilimanjaro in the equatorial snow-capped mountains.

Most parts of Africa are very hot all year round, with no winter and no snow.

One. ? The temperature is high all year round, and it is known as the tropical continent.

The main reason is that it passes through the middle of the continent with the equator and is located between 30 degrees north and south latitude. The climate is mainly tropical, without temperate zone and cold zone.

Two. ? The climate zone is obviously banded, and the north and south are symmetrical.

The reason is that the equator passes through the middle of the continent, and the whole continent is basically divided into two by the equator. So latitude zonality is obvious. The climate zone is centered on the rainforest, and from north to south, it is tropical grassland, tropical desert and Mediterranean climate in turn.

Three. ? The climate is hot and dry.

1. The tropical rain forest has a small climate area and is mainly located in the Congo River basin.

2. Mediterranean climate, located on the northern and southern edges of the mainland, with a small area. Summer is hot and dry, and winter is warm and humid.

3. There is a large savanna climate, which is obvious in dry and wet seasons.

4. Tropical desert climate is mainly located in the narrow strip of Sahara desert and southwest corner. Sahara desert accounts for 1/4 of Africa's total area, which is hot and dry all the year round, with long sunshine time and large temperature difference between day and night.

In short, Africa has low latitude and high temperature; The arid area is wide and the perennial humid area is small.