Lubango
City in Angola: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lubango: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lubango is a city in Angola, in Huíla. About 600,751 people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Angola in our atlas.
It lies at 14.92° S, 13.49° E, about 1,760 m (5,774 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Luanda time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Lubango. Green dots: other major cities of Angola. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lubango has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jun at about 9°C (48°F). Around 859 mm (34 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 · 260 km
- Huambo · 338 km
- Calumbo · 641 km
- Camama · 664 km
- Viana · 667 km
- Mulenvos · 672 km
- Golfe · 672 km
- Maianga · 674 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3347762 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q122044 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lubango: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)