Is Luba safe? Equatorial Guinea travel risk
Is Luba safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Luba scores 44/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Equatorial Guinea Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 7 Oct 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Luba scores 44/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Equatorial Guinea (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Luba: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and crime and scams (45/100).
A score of 44 is higher than 47% of the cities we score.
Consult the Equatorial Guinea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Luba belongs to Bioko Sur (Equatorial Guinea), centered at coordinates 3.4500° N, 8.5500° E (72 m above sea level). Distance to Malabo is 41.2 km towards the NE.
Bioko Sur
3.4500° N, 8.5500° E
72 m
Africa/Malabo
7,739
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Luba happened in July (1 of 1 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 Equatorial Guinea travel advice & laws.
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