According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Guinea-Bissau is April and November. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for Guinea-Bissau
- Best months
- April and November
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Guinea-Bissau is best for
Explore the remote Bijagós Archipelago for saltwater hippos, nesting sea turtles, pristine islands, and animist traditions.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Guinea-Bissau by month
Monthly averages around Bissau; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 23 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| February | about 25 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| March | about 27 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| April best | about 29 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| May | about 29 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| June | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (132 mm) |
| July | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (363 mm) |
| August | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (471 mm) |
| September | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (354 mm) |
| October | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (168 mm) |
| November best | about 26 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| December | about 24 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Guinea-Bissau
- Capital
- Bissau
- Language
- Portuguese
- Currency
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- Time
- UTC+0
- Plugs
- Type C · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +245
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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