Is Kasane safe? Botswana travel risk
Is Kasane safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kasane scores 42/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Botswana Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 17 Jun 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. GDACS lists 2 minor (green) events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kasane scores 42/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Botswana (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kasane: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: crime and scams (61/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 42 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Botswana travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 17.7983° S, 25.1536° E within Chobe, Kasane is situated 766.6 km S of Gaborone at an altitude of 994 m.
Chobe
17.7983° S, 25.1536° E
994 m
Africa/Gaborone
9,008
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (35 °C avg high); Wettest: January (169 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 35° | 33° | 30° |
| Low °C | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 12° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 169 | 135 | 89 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 77 | 155 |
Normals: Kasane (0 km away).
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 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kasane happened in September (9 of 24 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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