Region · Angola
Best time to visit Benguela Province
This guide covers 10 destinations in Benguela Province, a first-level administrative division of Angola. The largest by population are Benguela, Lobito and Cubal. Across its destinations, May to September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Catumbela Airport (CBT).
- Destinations in this guide
- 10
- Comfortable in the most places
- May to September
- Main airport
- CBTCatumbela Airport
- Currency
- AOAkwanza
- Time zone
- Africa/Luanda
Destinations
Destinations in Benguela Province
Every destination in this guide in Benguela 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.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benguela | 561,775 | CBT · 11 km | |
| Lobito | 436,467 | CBT · 16 km | |
| Cubal | 357,618 | CBT · 102 km | |
| Ganda | 235,486 | NOV · 124 km | |
| Catumbela | 175,805 | CBT · 9 km | |
| Bocoio | 164,685 | CBT · 70 km | |
| Balombo | 108,965 | NOV · 119 km | |
| Baía Farta | 107,841 | CBT · 35 km | |
| Caimbambo | 90,838 | CBT · 83 km | |
| Chongorói | 87,278 | CBT · 131 km |
When to go
Best time to visit Benguela Province
From the climate of 10 destinations in Benguela 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: May to September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 of 10 | 27 °C | 105 mm |
| February | 2 of 10 | 27 °C | 118 mm |
| March | 0 of 10 | 28 °C | 259 mm |
| April | 0 of 10 | 28 °C | 134 mm |
| May | 10 of 10 | 27 °C | 9 mm |
| June | 10 of 10 | 24 °C | 0 mm |
| July | 10 of 10 | 23 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 10 of 10 | 24 °C | 1 mm |
| September | 10 of 10 | 25 °C | 5 mm |
| October | 5 of 10 | 26 °C | 79 mm |
| November | 2 of 10 | 27 °C | 155 mm |
| December | 4 of 10 | 27 °C | 139 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 Benguela Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Benguela 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.
CBT · Catumbela Airport
NOV · Albano Machado Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Benguela Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Angola
Nearby
Regions near Benguela 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.
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.