Is Boffa safe? Guinea travel risk
Is Boffa safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Boffa scores 57/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Guinea Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 25 Feb 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; 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.
Boffa 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 (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Boffa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (81/100).
A score of 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Guinea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 10.1850° N, 14.0430° W place Boffa within Boké at an elevation of 0 meters. Heading to Conakry: 83.4 km SSE.
Boké
10.1850° N, 14.0430° W
0 m
Africa/Conakry
2,332
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Guinea)
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (34 °C avg high); Wettest: August (609 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 32° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 32° |
| Low °C | 22° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 89 | 342 | 525 | 609 | 459 | 233 | 48 | 2 |
Normals: Boffa (0 km away).
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 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Boffa happened in April (12 of 17 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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