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Gabon travel guide

Best time to visit from the UK, weather, festivals, flights from London and FCDO travel advice.

Lopé National Park
Lopé National Park. Photo: FX, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7h 30mflight from London
Central African CFA franccurrency
Visa neededfor UK passports
Type Cplugs

Surfing hippos and elephants on the beach

Don't miss

  1. Loango National Park
  2. Lopé National Park
  3. Pongara
Good forWildlife & safariBeaches

Best time to visit Gabon from the UK

Best value: Jan–Feb, Jun–Sep. Jun–Sep: dry season, whale watching.

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Best valueBusy and pricierQuietAverage temperature in Libreville, °C, 2001–2025 (NASA POWER).

Each bar is the average temperature in Libreville for that month, and its colour shows the season for visitors: best value (good weather, fewer crowds and lower prices), busiest and priciest, or quiet (off-peak, sometimes because the weather is poorer).

  • Our pick: January and FebruaryThe warmest of the best-value months (27°C), with fewer crowds than peak season.
  • Quiet season: Mar–May, Oct–DecAround 26–27°C. The cheapest and least crowded time, though often because of rain or heat.
  • Warmest: March (27°C) · coolest: July (24°C)Temperatures barely change through the year, so the season matters more than the weather.
Temperatures as a table
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
26.927.227.427.326.725.324.424.625.325.926.226.5

Festivals and events

  • Humpback whale season Jul–Sep · Loango National Park

Festival dates move from year to year: check before you book.

Getting there from the UK

Flight time
About 7h 30m
Distance
5,756 km
Main airport
LBV

Flight times are straight-line estimates for a direct flight from Heathrow; journeys with a change take longer.

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Practical info and travel guidance

Central African CFA francCapital: Libreville
Type C · 220VBring a UK adapter
Drive on the rightOpposite to the UK
1730
EmergencyAmbulance 117
Drink bottledOr treated water
  • VisaVisa needed in advanceApply in advance
  • HealthcareNo free healthcareYou pay for treatment, so travel insurance with medical cover is essential.
  • LGBT+ travellersLegal, but attitudes can be conservativePublic affection may draw attention.
  • Women travellersNo specific FCDO warningTake the usual precautions.

For British passport holders, summarised from the FCDO's advice for Gabon, checked October 2026. FCDO page last updated 10 December 2025. Rules change: read the official FCDO travel advice for Gabon before you book and again before you go.

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