Is Mungo safe? Angola travel risk
Is Mungo safe right now? Checked 14 October 2026
Mungo scores 57/100 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.
Mungo scores 57/100 (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 Mungo: 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 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Angola travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Huambo (11.6667° S, 16.1667° E), Mungo sits 449.3 km NW from Luanda at 1533 m elevation.
Huambo
11.6667° S, 16.1667° E
1533 m
Africa/Luanda
113,417
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities 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 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 9 | 13 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mungo happened in August (23 of 59 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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