Is Berekum safe? Ghana travel risk
Is Berekum safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Berekum scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Ghana Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 7 Jul 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 2 Jul 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.
Berekum scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Ghana (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Berekum: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (43/100) and natural hazards (40/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Ghana travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Berekum belongs to Bono (Ghana), centered at coordinates 7.4504° N, 2.5900° W (330 m above sea level). Distance to Accra is 337.9 km towards the SE.
Bono
7.4504° N, 2.5900° W
330 m
Africa/Accra
62,364
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Ghana)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (34 °C avg high); Wettest: September (147 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 33° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 31° | 32° |
| Low °C | 22° | 23° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 2 | 17 | 79 | 141 | 128 | 97 | 97 | 86 | 147 | 130 | 31 | 6 |
Normals: Domaa-Ahenkro (36.9 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Berekum happened in January (4 of 7 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 Ghana travel advice & laws.
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