Is Machakos safe? Kenya travel risk
Is Machakos safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Machakos scores 57/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Kenya Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 28 Jul 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 13 Oct 2026); 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.
Machakos 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 Kenya (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Machakos: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (70/100) and health and medical access (66/100).
A score of 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Kenya travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 1.5167° S, 37.2667° E in Machakos, Machakos maintains a regional distance of 56.1 km WNW to Nairobi.
Machakos
1.5167° S, 37.2667° E
1619 m
Africa/Nairobi
114,109
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Kenya
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 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Machakos happened in March and April (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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