Region · Angola

Best time to visit Bengo Province

This guide covers 4 destinations in Bengo Province, a first-level administrative division of Angola. The largest by population are Panguila, Dande and Caxito. Across its destinations, June to September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (NBJ).

Destinations in this guide
4
Comfortable in the most places
June to September
Main airport
NBJDr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport
Currency
AOAkwanza
Time zone
Africa/Luanda

Destinations

Destinations in Bengo Province

Every destination in this guide in Bengo Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Panguila158,068June to NovemberLAD · 33 km
Dande145,798June to OctoberNBJ · 55 km
Caxito77,276June to OctoberNBJ · 56 km
Nambuangongo60,883May to SeptemberGXG · 123 km

When to go

Best time to visit Bengo Province

From the climate of 4 destinations in Bengo Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: June to September.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 430 °C45 mm
February0 of 431 °C51 mm
March0 of 431 °C144 mm
April0 of 430 °C175 mm
May1 of 429 °C19 mm
June4 of 427 °C0 mm
July4 of 426 °C0 mm
August4 of 425 °C0 mm
September4 of 426 °C1 mm
October3 of 428 °C17 mm
November1 of 429 °C91 mm
December0 of 429 °C66 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. 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

Airports serving Bengo Province

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Bengo Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo)

NBJ · Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 4 destinations42 km from the closest
large airport · Luanda

LAD · Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 4 destinations33 km from the closest
medium airport · Negage

GXG · Negage Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 1 destination123 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Bengo Province, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Angola

1 Jan · New Year's Day2 Jan · Day off for New Year's Day4 Feb · Liberation Movement Day16 Feb · Day off for Carnival Day17 Feb · Carnival Day8 Mar · International Women's Day23 Mar · Southern Africa Liberation Day3 Apr · Good Friday4 Apr · Peace and National Reconciliation Day1 May · International Worker's Day17 Sept · National Heroes' Day18 Sept · Day off for National Heroes' Day2 Nov · All Souls' Day11 Nov · National Independence Day25 Dec · Christmas and Family Day

Nearby

Regions near Bengo Province

Other regions of Angola with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Angola travel guide · All regions of Angola

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.