Travel Risk Atlas

Angola

Middle Africa · Capital Luanda

Each opens that government's own advisory for Angola — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

52.0 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 173rd safest of 220
Luanda — Angola
Photo: Iamdelcioborges / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Where the risk actually is

Each region is coloured by the advice that applies to most of it, drawn by hand from the wording of all five government advisories. Numbered markers flag localised warnings — usually a border strip or remote interior — that cover only a small part of an otherwise lower-risk region.

Bengo — Travel with cautionBenguela — Travel with cautionBié — Travel with cautionCabinda — Essential travel onlyCuando Cubango — Travel with cautionCuanza Norte — Travel with cautionCuanza Sul — Travel with cautionCunene — Travel with cautionHuambo — Travel with cautionHuíla — Travel with cautionLuanda — Travel with cautionLunda Norte — Travel with cautionLunda Sul — Travel with cautionMalanje — Travel with cautionMoxico — Travel with cautionNamibe — Travel with cautionNamibe — Travel with cautionUíge — Travel with cautionZaire — Travel with caution1. Lunda Norte / DRC border — Essential travel only1
What governments advise Essential travel only Travel with caution Localised warning — see the notes below

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Angola by its Atlas Risk Score — 52, Moderate — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Angola is “essential travel only”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • CabindaEssential travel only. Essential travel only to the province, except Cabinda city itself. Separatist groups have targeted foreigners and there is a kidnap risk. The exclave is separated from the rest of Angola by DRC territory.
  • 1
    Lunda Norte / DRC borderEssential travel only. Essential-travel-only within 1km of the DRC border, except official crossings and their access roads.

A numbered marker warns about the small area described in its note — the rest of that region carries the base advice. Mapped by hand from the official wording in July 2026; always check the current advisory before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
78/100
185th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
73/100
199th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
67/100
174th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
54/100
179th of 220
Crime
15% of score
45/100
149th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
30/100
153rd of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score
30/100
52nd of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
53/100

Biggest factor here: conflict & terrorism. Armed conflict, political violence and terrorism exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
113
Police 113 · Ambulance 112 · Fire 115
Currency
AOA Kz
Languages
Portuguese
Visa (EU passport)
30 days visa-free
US: 30 days visa-free · UK: 30 days visa-free
Population
39.0m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Luanda
Driving
On the right
26.1 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C
220-240V
Basic water access
68%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+244
GDP per capita
$3k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
218k
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
9.7/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Luanda, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high warm hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain. Angola is big. These numbers describe Luanda only — elsewhere in the country can be nothing like it.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Angola:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.