Is Mbanza Kongo safe? Angola travel risk
Is Mbanza Kongo safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Mbanza Kongo scores 49/100 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.
Mbanza Kongo scores 49/100 (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 Mbanza Kongo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (61/100) and crime and scams (45/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Angola travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 6.2678° S, 14.2481° E in Zaire, Mbanza Kongo features an altitude of 531 m. The settlement is located 306.9 km SSW from Luanda.
Zaire
6.2678° S, 14.2481° E
531 m
Africa/Luanda
180,329
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mbanza Kongo happened in September (4 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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