Region · Angola

Best time to visit Cunene Province

This guide covers 5 destinations in Cunene Province, a first-level administrative division of Angola. The largest by population are Ombadja, Namakunde and Ondjiva. Across its destinations, June and July are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Ngjiva Pereira Airport (VPE).

Destinations in this guide
5
Comfortable in the most places
June and July
Main airport
VPENgjiva Pereira Airport
Currency
AOAkwanza
Time zone
Africa/Luanda

Destinations

Destinations in Cunene Province

Every destination in this guide in Cunene 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
Ombadja304,964April to AugustVPE · 93 km
Namakunde142,047June and JulyVPE · 34 km
Ondjiva121,537June and JulyVPE · 6 km
Cahama70,061April to August and November
Kuvelai57,398June and July

When to go

Best time to visit Cunene Province

From the climate of 5 destinations in Cunene 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 and July.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 531 °C109 mm
February0 of 529 °C128 mm
March0 of 530 °C120 mm
April2 of 530 °C38 mm
May2 of 529 °C2 mm
June5 of 527 °C0 mm
July5 of 528 °C0 mm
August2 of 530 °C0 mm
September0 of 533 °C1 mm
October0 of 534 °C15 mm
November1 of 533 °C53 mm
December0 of 531 °C104 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 Cunene Province

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Cunene 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.

medium airport · Ngiva

VPE · Ngjiva Pereira Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations5.9 km from the closest
medium airport · Ondangwa, Namibia

OND · Ondangwa Airport

Named by 2 destinations65 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Cunene 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 Cunene 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.