Is Luena safe? Angola travel risk
Is Luena safe right now? Checked 14 October 2026
Luena scores 54/100 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.
Luena scores 54/100 (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 Luena: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (61/100) and health and medical access (70/100).
A score of 54 is higher than the scores of 75% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Angola travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 11.7918° S, 19.9062° E in Moxico, Luena features an altitude of 1337 m. The settlement is located 800.3 km WNW from Luanda.
Moxico
11.7918° S, 19.9062° E
1337 m
Africa/Luanda
357,413
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Luena happened in August (7 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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