Is Bafatá safe? Guinea-Bissau travel risk
Is Bafatá safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Bafatá scores 56/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Guinea-Bissau Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 11 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bafatá scores 56/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Guinea-Bissau (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bafatá: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (63/100) and health and medical access (76/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 56 is higher than the scores of 80% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Guinea-Bissau travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Bafatá belongs to Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau), centered at coordinates 12.1719° N, 14.6575° W (20 m above sea level). Distance to Bissau is 105.2 km towards the WSW.
Bafatá
12.1719° N, 14.6575° W
20 m
Africa/Bissau
29,556
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Guinea-Bissau)
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 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Bafatá happened in February (11 of 14 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 Guinea-Bissau travel advice & laws.
Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Guinea-Bissau entry requirements.
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