Region · Angola

Best time to visit Lunda Norte Province

This guide covers 5 destinations in Lunda Norte Province, a first-level administrative division of Angola. The largest by population are Chitato, Cuango and Dundo. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Dundo Airport (DUE).

Destinations in this guide
5
Main airport
DUEDundo Airport
Currency
AOAkwanza
Time zone
Africa/Luanda

Destinations

Destinations in Lunda Norte Province

Every destination in this guide in Lunda Norte 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
Chitato195,136DUE · 6 km
Cuango183,767
Dundo177,604DUE · 3 km
Lucapa154,305DUE · 114 km
Cafunfo90,000

When to go

Best time to visit Lunda Norte Province

From the climate of 5 destinations in Lunda Norte 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. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 529 °C177 mm
February0 of 530 °C142 mm
March0 of 530 °C206 mm
April0 of 530 °C166 mm
May0 of 531 °C25 mm
June0 of 531 °C3 mm
July0 of 532 °C3 mm
August0 of 532 °C27 mm
September0 of 532 °C87 mm
October0 of 531 °C148 mm
November0 of 530 °C227 mm
December0 of 529 °C199 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 Lunda Norte Province

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Lunda Norte 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 · Chitato

DUE · Dundo Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations2.9 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Lunda Norte 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 Lunda Norte 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.