Is Bou Sfer safe? Algeria travel risk
Is Bou Sfer safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bou Sfer scores 40/100 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.
Bou Sfer scores 40/100 (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 Bou Sfer: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (56/100) and health and medical access (39/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Algeria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Oran at 35.7108° N, 0.8106° W, Bou Sfer lies 367.6 km ENE of Algiers. Time zone: UTC.
Oran
35.7108° N, 0.8106° W
Lowland
UTC
13,450
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Algeria
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (31 °C avg high); Wettest: January (60 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 15° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 26° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 16° |
| Low °C | 9° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 60 | 47 | 45 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 55 | 59 |
Normals: Oran (16.1 km away).
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bou Sfer happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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