Is Mussende safe? Angola travel risk
Is Mussende safe right now? Checked 14 October 2026
Mussende scores 58/100 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.
Mussende scores 58/100 (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 Mussende: 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 58 is higher than the scores of 83% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Angola travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 10.5103° S, 16.0107° E within Cuanza-Sul, Mussende is situated 356.6 km WNW of Luanda at an altitude of 1350 m.
Cuanza-Sul
10.5103° S, 16.0107° E
1350 m
Africa/Luanda
82,544
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 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 19 | 78 | 44 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mussende happened in July (78 of 145 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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