Cuanza Sul Province · Angola
Sumbe travel guide
Sumbe is a city in Cuanza Sul Province, Angola, home to about 280,000 people.
- Best months
- May to December
- Nearest airport
- CBT147 km · Catumbela Airport
- Currency
- AOAkwanza
- Time zone
- Africa/Luanda
- Language
- Portuguese
About
About Sumbe
Sumbe, formerly Novo Redondo, is a city located in west central Angola. It is the administrative capital of Cuanza Sul Province.
The name "Sumbe" derives from the Kimbundu word "cussumba", which in Portuguese means "to buy". The place where the city of Sumbe is located has always been a place of commercial exchange between the peoples of the interior and the coast: salt and fish, as well as the fabrics brought by the Europeans, served for a long time to feed this commercial circuit, which also involved the sale of black slaves.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Sumbe
See
- Catedral
- Sassa Caves
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When to go
The best time to visit Sumbe
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sumbe are May to December. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; March is the wettest, with about 162 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Sumbe: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Catumbela Airport (CBT), about 147 km from the city centre in a straight line.
CBT · Catumbela Airport
Questions
Sumbe: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Sumbe?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sumbe are May to December. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; March is the wettest, with about 162 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Sumbe?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Catumbela Airport (CBT), about 147 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Sumbe?
kwanza (AOA).
Nearby
Destinations near Sumbe
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.