Is Siteki safe? Eswatini travel risk
Is Siteki safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Siteki scores 52/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Eswatini Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 10 Jul 2026); 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.
Siteki 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 Eswatini (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Siteki: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and crime and scams (63/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Eswatini travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 26.4550° S, 31.9520° E in Lubombo, Siteki maintains a regional distance of 83.0 km W to Mbabane.
Lubombo
26.4550° S, 31.9520° E
663 m
Africa/Mbabane
6,381
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Eswatini
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Siteki happened in January and April (2 of 2 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 Eswatini travel advice & laws.
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