Is Gonaïves safe? Haiti travel risk
Is Gonaïves safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gonaïves scores 80/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Haiti Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 10 Jul 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 10 Dec 2025); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. CDC travel health notice: Level 1, Diphtheria in Haiti (25 Jun 2026). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Gonaïves scores 80/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Haiti (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gonaïves: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (90/100) and crime and scams (91/100).
A score of 80 is higher than the scores of 99% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Haiti travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 19.4456° N, 72.6883° W place Gonaïves within Artibonite at an elevation of 5 meters. Heading to Port-au-Prince: 106.9 km SSE.
Artibonite
19.4456° N, 72.6883° W
5 m
America/Port-au-Prince
356,324
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Haiti)
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 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gonaïves happened in September (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
CDC Traveler Health Notices for Haiti
- Level 1 - Diphtheria in Haiti (Level 1, 25 Jun 2026)
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Domain).
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Haiti travel advice & laws.
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