Is Birni Lafia safe? Benin travel risk
Is Birni Lafia safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Birni Lafia scores 54/100 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 Lafia 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 Benin (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Birni Lafia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (61/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 54 is higher than the scores of 75% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Benin travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Alibori (11.9783° N, 3.2225° E), Birni Lafia sits 613.2 km S from Porto-Novo at lowland elevation.
Alibori
11.9783° N, 3.2225° E
Lowland
UTC
9,946
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 13 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Birni Lafia happened in December (13 of 36 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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