Africa

Northern Africa

7 countries and territories in Northern Africa.

Photo: Wael El Sisi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

On the map

The countries of Northern Africa

Countries

The countries of Northern Africa

Countries of Northern Africa: capital, currency, plugs, driving side and calling code
Country	Capital	Currency	Plugs	Driving	Calling code
Algeria	Algiers	DZD	C E F	Right	+213
Egypt	Cairo	EGP	C F	Right	+20
Libya	Tripoli	LYD	C F L	Right	+218
Morocco	Rabat	MAD	C E	Right	+212
Sudan	Khartoum	SDG	C	Right	+249
Tunisia	Tunis	TND	C E	Right	+216
Western Sahara	Laayoune (as recorded by GeoNames; its status is contested internationally)	MAD	—	Right	+212

When to go

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.

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

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
AlgeriaAlgiers	13°	14°	17°	20°	24°	30°	34°	34°	29°	25°	18°	14°
EgyptCairo	18°	20°	25°	29°	34°	37°	39°	38°	35°	31°	25°	20°
LibyaTripoli	16°	16°	18°	21°	24°	27°	30°	31°	29°	26°	22°	18°
MoroccoRabat	17°	17°	19°	20°	23°	26°	27°	28°	27°	24°	20°	18°
SudanKhartoum	31°	34°	37°	40°	42°	42°	39°	36°	39°	39°	35°	32°
TunisiaTunis	15°	15°	18°	21°	25°	30°	34°	34°	29°	26°	20°	16°
Western SaharaLaayoune	22°	23°	25°	26°	27°	29°	31°	32°	31°	29°	25°	22°

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).

Cities