Angola
Luanda in June
☀️ Dry seasonPleasant, a little humid and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: sunglasses & hat
Why June scores 8.8What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.1
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (26°C highs / 21°C lows)
- !Humid (dew point 19.9°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~0 mm rain)
- Air quality8.1
- ✓Moderate (PM2.5 ~18 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline6.5
- ·Increased caution
| Jun | Jul | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.8 Excellent | 8.8 Excellent |
| Season | ☀️ Dry season | ☀️ Dry season |
| High / low | 26° / 21° | 25° / 19° |
| Rain | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 20° | dew pt 19° |
| PM2.5 | 18 µg/m³ | 22 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Luanda weather-station normals. Rainfall: Luanda weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsJune 2027
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
No national public holidays in Angola this month.
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore LuandaEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyLuanda is Angola's capital, a fast-growing city on a bay with a long seafront promenade. Visitors come for its beaches, colonial history and nearby natural sights like the Miradouro da Lua.
No major events on our calendar for June.
Coming up later
Independence DayEvery year11 November every year
A national holiday marking independence from Portugal in 1975.
Why go: Expect official events and closures.
Where: Nationwide, with ceremonies in Luanda
Luanda CarnivalDate variesUsually February, before Lent (date moves each year)
Parades with music, dance groups and costumes.
Why go: A lively time to visit; expect crowds and road closures.
Where: Along the Marginal seafront
Fortaleza de São Miguel
A 16th-century Portuguese fort on a hill with views over the bay, now a military museum.
Ilha do Cabo
A long sandy peninsula with beaches, bars and restaurants.
💡 Busy at weekends; go on a weekday for a quieter beach.
Miradouro da Lua
Eroded cliffs south of the city that look like a lunar landscape.
💡 Go late afternoon for the best light.
National Museum of Slavery
A small museum south of the city on the history of the Atlantic slave trade.
Mussulo
A sandy peninsula across a lagoon with beaches, reached by boat.
Muamba de galinha
Chicken stew cooked with palm oil, okra and garlic.
💡 Local restaurants.
Funge
A smooth cassava or maize porridge served with stews.
💡 Local restaurants.
Calulu
Dried fish stewed with vegetables and palm oil.
💡 Local restaurants.
Mufete
Grilled fish with beans in palm oil, plantain and sweet potato.
💡 Seafood restaurants on Ilha do Cabo.
O Pensador figures
Carvings of 'The Thinker', a national symbol of Angola.
💡 Benfica Craft Market.
Chokwe masks
Carved masks from the Chokwe tradition of eastern Angola.
💡 Benfica Craft Market.