Is Afir safe? Algeria travel risk
Is Afir safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Afir scores 45/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Algeria Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 25 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 25 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Afir scores 45/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Algeria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Afir: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (56/100) and health and medical access (57/100).
A score of 45 is higher than the scores of 59% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Algeria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Afir belongs to Boumerdes (Algeria), centered at coordinates 36.7676° N, 3.7029° E. Distance to Algiers is 55.0 km towards the W.
Boumerdes
36.7676° N, 3.7029° E
Lowland
UTC
13,223
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Afir happened in July (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Algeria travel advice & laws.
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