Is Gabú safe? Guinea-Bissau travel risk
Is Gabú safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gabú 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.
Gabú 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 Gabú: 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 12.2833° N, 14.2167° W within Gabú, Gabú is situated 154.5 km WSW of Bissau at an altitude of 64 m.
Gabú
12.2833° N, 14.2167° W
64 m
Africa/Bissau
43,556
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Guinea-Bissau
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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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