What is the climate type in South Africa? What's the climate like?

Most of South Africa has a savanna climate, with high temperature all year round, rainy season in summer and dry season in winter. The southwest (typical city Cape Town) has a Mediterranean climate, with hot and dry summers and mild and rainy winters.

The east coast has a tropical monsoon climate and the south coast has a Mediterranean climate. The whole climate is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. 65438+February-February is summer, and the highest temperature can reach 32-38℃; June-August is winter, and the lowest temperature is-10 to-12℃. The annual precipitation gradually decreased from 1000mm in the east to 60mm in the west, with an average of 450 mm. The annual average temperature in the capital Pretoria is 17℃.

Extended data

There are two main rivers in South Africa: one is the Orange River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, with a total length of 2 160 km. It is one of the largest rivers in Africa, with a drainage area of about 950,000 square kilometers.

The other is limpopo river, which mainly flows through the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe and flows into the Indian Ocean through Mozambique, with a total length of 1680 km and a drainage area of 385,000 square kilometers.

Most of the other smaller rivers originating from the inland plateau flow into the Indian Ocean through the "Great Cliff", and a few flow westward into the Atlantic Ocean. There are mainly: the Waal River at the border between the free state and the four northern provinces, and the Tugra River in Kwa/Na province.

Sundays and Great Fish in eastern cape, Olifants in West Cape Province, Letaba in North Province and Caledon in East Free State Province, etc.

Baidu Encyclopedia-South Africa