Is Birni safe? Benin travel risk
Is Birni safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Birni scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Benin Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 7 Jan 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Dec 2025); 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.
Birni scores 51/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Benin (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Birni: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (65/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Benin travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 9.9892° N, 1.5269° E in Atacora, Birni maintains a regional distance of 406.0 km SSE to Porto-Novo.
Atacora
9.9892° N, 1.5269° E
Lowland
UTC
12,559
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Benin)
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Birni happened in January and November (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Benin travel advice & laws.
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