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Guinea-Bissau at a glance

The atlas follows 3,846 places here month by month, with 0 mountains and 8 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are January, November and December.

Guinea-Bissau's population

Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.

+314%544k in 1950 → 2.25M in 2025 → 3.44M in 2050
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Guinea-Bissau · In numbers

GDP per person (PPP)$3,3002025 · 166/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy64.32024 · 189/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities47 %2025 · 155/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet30 %2024 · 163/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman3.762024 · 33/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover75 %2024 · 11/206 among countries

The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.

When to go to Guinea-Bissau

The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.

Where to go, month by month

For the beach in August

Places and regions of Guinea-Bissau

The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.

9 regions

Guinea-Bissau from above

Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.

OctoberMonth scores for Guinea-Bissau
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Bissaubest Jan–Feb · Dec42Bissau
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Bubaquebest Jan–Mar49Bubaque
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Gabubest Jan · Nov–Dec36Gabu
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Bafatábest Jan · Nov–Dec35Bafatá
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Bambadincabest Jan · Nov–Dec36Bambadinca
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Bubabest Jan · Nov–Dec38Buba
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Cacheubest Jan · Nov–Dec40Cacheu
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Bolamabest Jan–Feb · Apr45Bolama
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Catióbest Jan–Feb · Dec42Catió
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Farimbest Jan · Nov–Dec37Farim
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Mansôabest Jan · Nov–Dec38Mansôa
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Quebobest Jan · Nov–Dec38Quebo
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Canchungobest Jan · Nov–Dec41Canchungo

Nature in Guinea-Bissau

All nature

Wildlife in October

The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.

Outdoors in Guinea-Bissau

Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.

Culture in Guinea-Bissau

8 monuments and 4 museums; the best known first.

All monuments

What's on in Guinea-Bissau

Event calendar

The ground and the sky in Guinea-Bissau

Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.

Earthquakes

Getting to Guinea-Bissau

1 large airports, 13 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.

Practical information

Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.

PlugsC220 V
Emergency112Calling code +245
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyWest African CFA FrancXOF
LanguagesPortuguese
Local time14:24Bissau