Is Buba safe? Guinea-Bissau travel risk
Is Buba safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Buba scores 55/100 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.
Buba scores 55/100 (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 Buba: 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 55 is higher than the scores of 77% 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
Positioned at 11.5900° N, 14.9900° W in Quinara, Buba features an altitude of 20 m. The settlement is located 69.1 km WNW from Bissau.
Quinara
11.5900° N, 14.9900° W
20 m
Africa/Bissau
7,898
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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Buba happened in May (2 of 4 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.
Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers
Request detailed assessment for Buba
Prioritizes this destination in our editorial evaluation pipeline.
Launch Calculator