Yanayi na Afirka nau'i ne na yanayi kamar yanayin Equatorial, yanayin zafi mai zafi da bushewa, yanayin damina, yanayin bushewa (Semi-hamada da steppe), yanayin hamada (mai busasshiyar bushewa), yanayi mai danshi, da kuma yanayin tsaunuka masu zafi. Yanayin zafi ba safai ba ne a duk faɗin nahiyar sai dai a cikin tudu masu tsayi sosai da gefen gefuna. A haƙiƙa, yanayin Afirka ya fi sauƙaƙa ta yawan ruwan sama fiye da yanayin zafi, wanda ke daɗa yawa. Hamadar Afirka ita ce mafi rana kuma mafi bushewar sassan nahiyar, saboda kasancewar kogin da ke ƙarƙashin ƙasa tare da raguwa, zafi, bushewar iska. Afirka tana da bayanan da ke da alaƙa da zafi: nahiyar tana da yanki mafi zafi a duk shekara, wuraren da ke da yanayin bazara mafi zafi, mafi tsayin lokacin rana, da ƙari.