Is Tanguiéta safe? Benin travel risk
Is Tanguiéta safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Tanguiéta scores 52/100 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.
Tanguiéta scores 52/100 (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 Tanguiéta: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (62/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Benin travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 10.6167° N, 1.2667° E within Atacora, Tanguiéta is situated 481.1 km SSE of Porto-Novo at an altitude of 242 m.
Atacora
10.6167° N, 1.2667° E
242 m
Africa/Porto-Novo
74,675
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 29 | 27 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Tanguiéta happened in November (29 of 69 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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