Is Kanifing safe? Gambia, The travel risk
Is Kanifing safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kanifing scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Gambia, The Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 16 Jan 2026); 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.
Kanifing scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Gambia, The (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kanifing: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (51/100) and health and medical access (67/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Gambia, The travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 13.4475° N, 16.6725° W within Kanifing, Kanifing is situated 10.2 km E of Banjul at an altitude of 12 m.
Kanifing
13.4475° N, 16.6725° W
12 m
Africa/Banjul
382,096
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Gambia, The)
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (285 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 32° | 30° |
| Low °C | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 23° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 145 | 285 | 214 | 64 | 2 | 0 |
Normals: Banjul (10.2 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 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kanifing happened in February (6 of 13 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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