When to plant Cotton in Cuango

Lunda Norte, Angola

Known here as algodão

Cotton is grown for one thing: the soft white fibre — the lint — that grows wrapped around the seeds inside a pod called a boll.

Cotton in Cuango, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant	6 Sep 2026 – 25 Dec 2026 open now	21 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2027
Expected harvest	about 2.1 t/ha	same
Harvest	From 3 Feb 2027 to 23 Jul 2027, depending on the planting date
Ready to harvest	150–210 days after planting
Work it takes	91–187 days per hectare, by hand

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 6 Sep 2026. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Cuango is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.

Planting after 25 Dec 2026 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Cuango

Rain and temperature	96%
The soil	76%
The lie of the land	60%

For cotton in Cuango, the lie of the land is the tightest of the three at 60%. You cannot flatten it, but you can farm it: plant along the contour rather than up and down, ridge or tie ridges to hold water on the slope, and expect shallower rooting than the crop would manage on flat ground.

The 2026/27 season in Cuango

Rainy seasons	One each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expected	September 2026 to May 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 1,284 mm
This season's rain	Rain close to usual — plan around about 1,284 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heat	Hotter than usual — about +1.4 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers	One kind of ground throughout.

last updated 16 September 2026

What cotton needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sandy loam, loam, clay loam or clay soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 6.0 and 7.5
Spacing	90 cm between rows, 25 cm between plants
Feed it most with	nitrogen, potassium and boron

What it takes to grow cotton in Cuango

Planting material	About 80,000 plants per hectare
Nitrogen (N)	About 59 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 29 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 63 kg per hectare
In the shops	A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established.
Hand work	91–187 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a cotton crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.

What to watch for

Pest/disease risk — manageableSoil pH outside the crop's rangeCorrect soil pH (lime)

Grow Cotton with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Cuango as a whole — your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates. The Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

Cotton in nearby districts

How to grow Cotton, step by step Land preparation to harvest — every task, in order

Frequently asked questions

Will cotton grow well in Cuango?

Cuango rates as favourable for cotton.

When should I plant cotton in Cuango?

Typically 6 Sep 2026 to 25 Dec 2026, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Cuango, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.