Is Bissorã safe? Guinea-Bissau travel risk
Is Bissorã safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bissorã scores 57/100 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.
Bissorã scores 57/100 (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 Bissorã: 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 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Guinea-Bissau travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 12.2167° N, 15.4500° W place Bissorã within Oio at an elevation of 20 meters. Heading to Bissau: 42.7 km SSW.
Oio
12.2167° N, 15.4500° W
20 m
Africa/Bissau
11,964
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 4 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Bissorã happened in February (14 of 22 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.
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