Huambo
City in Angola: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Huambo, Jardim da Cultura: Abanul, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Huambo is a city in Angola. About 595,304 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Angola in our atlas.
It lies at 12.78° S, 15.74° E, about 1,716 m (5,630 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Luanda time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Huambo. Green dots: other major cities of Angola. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Huambo has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 8°C (46°F). Around 1,274 mm (50 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in AngolaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Benguela · 254 km
- Lubango · 340 km
- Calumbo · 475 km
- Viana · 500 km
- Camama · 503 km
- Mulenvos · 506 km
- Golfe · 510 km
- Maianga · 513 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3348313 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q207322 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Huambo, Jardim da Cultura: Abanul, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)