Is Baía Farta safe? Angola travel risk
Is Baía Farta safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Baía Farta scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Angola Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 5 Mar 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 28 May 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Baía Farta scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Angola (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Baía Farta: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (61/100) and health and medical access (54/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Angola travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Situated in Benguela at 12.6072° S, 13.1944° E (elevation 18 m), Baía Farta lies 419.1 km N of Luanda. Time zone: Africa/Luanda.
Benguela
12.6072° S, 13.1944° E
18 m
Africa/Luanda
107,841
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Angola
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (31 °C avg high); Wettest: March (108 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Low °C | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 33 | 57 | 108 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 |
Normals: Benguela (24.9 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Baía Farta happened in March (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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