Angola
Luanda in November
☀️ Dry seasonWarm, humid and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: quick-dry fabrics · sunglasses & hat
Why November scores 8.6What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort8.4
- ✓Warm (29°C highs / 24°C lows)
- !Very humid/sticky (dew point 22.5°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~32 mm rain)
- Air quality8.6
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~14 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline6.5
- ·Increased caution
| Nov | Jun | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.6 Excellent | 8.8 Excellent |
| Season | ☀️ Dry season | ☀️ Dry season |
| High / low | 29° / 24° | 26° / 21° |
| Rain | 32 mm | 0 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 23° | dew pt 20° |
| PM2.5 | 14 µg/m³ | 18 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 & crowdsNovember 2026
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- All Souls' Day 31 Oct – 2 Nov · 3 days off in a row
Other public holidays: National Independence Day (11 Nov)
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.
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
Coming up later
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.