Is Balombo safe? Angola travel risk
Is Balombo safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Balombo scores 55/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Angola Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 5 Mar 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 28 May 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.
Balombo scores 55/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Angola (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Balombo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (61/100) and health and medical access (75/100).
A score of 55 is higher than the scores of 77% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Angola travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Balombo belongs to Benguela (Angola), centered at coordinates 12.3500° S, 14.7667° E (1203 m above sea level). Distance to Luanda is 424.9 km towards the NNW.
Benguela
12.3500° S, 14.7667° E
1203 m
Africa/Luanda
108,965
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Angola)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | 3 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Balombo happened in August (8 of 15 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 Angola travel advice & laws.
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