Is Bubanza safe? Burundi travel risk
Is Bubanza safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bubanza scores 58/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Burundi Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 29 Apr 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 21 May 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel (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.
Bubanza scores 58/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Burundi (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bubanza: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (77/100) and crime and scams (45/100).
A score of 58 is higher than the scores of 83% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Burundi travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 3.0833° S, 29.4000° E in Bubanza, Bubanza maintains a regional distance of 69.8 km ESE to Gitega.
Bubanza
3.0833° S, 29.4000° E
1079 m
Africa/Bujumbura
20,031
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Burundi
Climate by Month
Hottest: September (29 °C avg high); Wettest: April (103 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 27° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 26° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 61 | 64 | 83 | 103 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 69 | 80 |
Normals: Bujumbura (33.6 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 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bubanza happened in March (5 of 22 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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