Bissau
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Bissau is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. As of 2015, it had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, its administrative and military center.
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The next week in Bissau
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
33° / 23°
UV Very high
Sat
Partly cloudy
30° / 22°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
31° / 22°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
32° / 22°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
33° / 22°
UV Very high
Wed
Clear
32° / 22°
UV Very high
Thu
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
41° / 21°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.7h
06:38 – 19:18local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Bissau
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) at 9 km.
Getting around Bissau
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Aml-401.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.