The result of Angola’s geography caused it to have a sub-tropical climate in the majority of the region. Starting from May to August it has the austral winter, where there is a cool and dry season, locally and natively termed Cacimbo. While during the Austral Summer, there is normally a warm and moist period of time. The Austral Summer occurs during the mid-September to April in the north-east, in the centre of Angola from mid-October to April, in the south from November to March, while along the dry coastal region, it only goes from February to April, however, the southern coast is subject to the normal desert environment due to the effects of rainshadow. On the other hand, the average temperature is 20° C and the average rainfall being around 917mm per year.
Due to this the nation’s climate, the biodiversity is very varied and rich consisting of the conventional animals of every different type of biome located in Angola while also having their very own unique native, indigenous creatures consisting of 291 native species like the Monteiro’s bushshrike; whose current Conservation Status is unknown, African Civet, Elephant shrew and the notorious and critically endangered Black Rhino, whose habitat was demolished, being constantly hunted and subject to illegal poaching and being a victim to internationally introduced invasive and competitive species, for whose three subspecies have already been declared as extinct. Angola has now ensured extreme safety precautions while running in cooperation with the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) who were able to recover the total population from 4240 in 2008 to 5500 in 2019.
