Is Prestea safe? Ghana travel risk
Is Prestea safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Prestea 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.
Prestea 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 Prestea: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (43/100) and health and medical access (46/100).
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
Prestea belongs to Western (Ghana), centered at coordinates 5.4338° N, 2.1429° W (54 m above sea level). Distance to Accra is 214.7 km towards the E.
Western
5.4338° N, 2.1429° W
54 m
Africa/Accra
35,760
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Ghana)
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Prestea happened in June (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 Ghana travel advice & laws.
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