Is Bobo-Dioulasso safe? Burkina Faso travel risk
Is Bobo-Dioulasso safe right now? Checked 25 October 2026
Bobo-Dioulasso scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Burkina Faso Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 4 May 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 10 Dec 2025); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bobo-Dioulasso scores 75/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Burkina Faso (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bobo-Dioulasso: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and Government of Canada and UK FCDO advise against all travel here, so the score is held at 75 or higher.
A score of 75 is higher than 92% of the cities we score.
Consult the Burkina Faso travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 11.1833° N, 4.2833° W in Hauts-Bassins, Bobo-Dioulasso maintains a regional distance of 327.7 km ENE to Ouagadougou.
Hauts-Bassins
11.1833° N, 4.2833° W
453 m
Africa/Ouagadougou
903,887
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: March (38 °C avg high); Wettest: August (260 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 33° | 35° | 38° | 37° | 36° | 33° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 32° |
| Low °C | 18° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 0 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 59 | 107 | 193 | 260 | 150 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
Normals: Bobo-Dioulasso (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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Bobo-Dioulasso happened in January (3 of 3 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 Burkina Faso travel advice & laws.
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