Africa

Eastern Africa

22 countries and territories in Eastern Africa.

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The countries of Eastern Africa

Countries

The countries of Eastern Africa

Countries of Eastern Africa: capital, currency, plugs, driving side and calling code
Country	Capital	Currency	Plugs	Driving	Calling code
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia	USD	—	Right	+246
Burundi	Gitega	BIF	C E	Right	+257
Comoros	Moroni	KMF	C E	Right	+269
Djibouti	Djibouti	DJF	C E	Right	+253
Eritrea	Asmara	ERN	C L	Right	+291
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	ETB	C E F J L	Right	+251
French Southern Territories	Port-aux-Français	EUR	—	Right	—
Kenya	Nairobi	KES	G	Left	+254
Madagascar	Antananarivo	MGA	C E J K	Right	+261
Malawi	Lilongwe	MWK	G	Left	+265
Mauritius	Port Louis	MUR	C G	Left	+230
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	EUR	—	Right	+262
Mozambique	Maputo	MZN	C D F	Left	+258
Réunion	Saint-Denis	EUR	E	Right	+262
Rwanda	Kigali	RWF	C E G	Right	+250
Seychelles	Victoria	SCR	G	Left	+248
Somalia	Mogadishu	SOS	C	Right	+252
South Sudan	Juba	SSP	—	Right	+211
Tanzania	Dodoma	TZS	G	Left	+255
Uganda	Kampala	UGX	G	Left	+256
Zambia	Lusaka	ZMW	C G	Left	+260
Zimbabwe	Harare	ZWG	G	Left	+263

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The capitals' weather, month by month

Each country's capital as GeoNames records it (or its largest city where the capital has no figures), mean daily high by month.

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Mild to warm, humid or showery
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Mean daily high in each capital by month, with what the month is like
Country	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
British Indian Ocean Territory	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BurundiGitega	25°	25°	25°	24°	23°	24°	24°	26°	27°	26°	24°	24°
ComorosMoroni	28°	28°	29°	29°	28°	27°	26°	26°	26°	27°	28°	28°
DjiboutiDjibouti	27°	28°	30°	32°	35°	39°	39°	38°	37°	33°	30°	28°
EritreaAsmara	27°	29°	31°	32°	33°	33°	28°	27°	30°	29°	28°	27°
EthiopiaAddis Ababa	24°	25°	25°	24°	25°	24°	20°	20°	20°	21°	22°	22°
French Southern TerritoriesPort-aux-Français	8°	9°	8°	6°	4°	3°	2°	2°	3°	4°	5°	7°
KenyaNairobi	27°	29°	29°	27°	25°	25°	26°	26°	28°	28°	26°	26°
MadagascarAntananarivo	23°	23°	23°	22°	20°	17°	17°	18°	20°	23°	24°	24°
MalawiLilongwe	26°	25°	25°	25°	24°	23°	23°	26°	29°	31°	31°	27°
MauritiusPort Louis	28°	28°	28°	27°	26°	25°	24°	24°	24°	25°	26°	27°
MayotteMamoudzou	28°	28°	29°	29°	28°	27°	26°	26°	26°	27°	28°	28°
MozambiqueMaputo	31°	31°	30°	28°	27°	25°	25°	27°	28°	29°	30°	31°
RéunionSaint-Denis	26°	27°	26°	25°	23°	21°	20°	20°	21°	23°	25°	26°
RwandaKigali	26°	27°	26°	24°	24°	24°	25°	26°	26°	25°	24°	25°
SeychellesVictoria	28°	28°	29°	29°	29°	27°	26°	26°	27°	28°	28°	28°
SomaliaMogadishu	28°	28°	29°	30°	29°	28°	27°	26°	27°	28°	29°	29°
South SudanJuba	37°	39°	38°	36°	33°	32°	31°	31°	32°	33°	33°	36°
TanzaniaDodoma	28°	29°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	29°	31°	33°	33°	30°
UgandaKampala	29°	30°	28°	26°	25°	25°	26°	27°	27°	26°	26°	28°
ZambiaLusaka	27°	27°	27°	28°	27°	26°	25°	29°	32°	34°	32°	28°
ZimbabweHarare	27°	27°	26°	25°	24°	21°	21°	25°	29°	31°	30°	27°

Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).

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