Is Lobito safe? Angola travel risk
Is Lobito safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Lobito scores 48/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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.
Lobito scores 48/100 (Moderate). 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 Lobito: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (61/100) and crime and scams (45/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Angola travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 12.3500° S, 13.5464° E in Benguela, Lobito features an altitude of 4 m. The settlement is located 392.0 km N from Luanda.
Benguela
12.3500° S, 13.5464° E
4 m
Africa/Luanda
436,467
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Angola
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (31 °C avg high); Wettest: March (108 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Low °C | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 33 | 57 | 108 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 |
Normals: Benguela (26.3 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Lobito happened in August and September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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