Plugs and voltage
Angola uses Types C and F sockets. Mains supply is 220 V at 50 Hz.
At 220 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
Kz Angolan Kwanza AOA
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 912.0 AOA (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 40 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Angola are about 40% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Portugueseofficial67%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Angola is on UTC+1, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Angola drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
16 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
November 2026
- All Souls' Day
- National Independence Day
December 2026
- Christmas and Family Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
February 2027
- Liberation Movement Day
- Day off for Liberation Movement Day
- Day off for Carnival Day
- Carnival Day
March 2027
- International Women's Day
- Day off for Southern Africa Liberation Day
- Southern Africa Liberation Day
- Good Friday
April 2027
- Peace and National Reconciliation Day
May 2027
- International Worker's Day
September 2027
- National Heroes' Day
November 2027
- Day off for All Souls' Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 2 Exercise increased caution
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-05-28. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +244
- Internet domain
- .ao
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
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Flag: Flag of Angola.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of Angola.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
