Is Murang’a safe? Kenya travel risk
Is Murang’a safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Murang’a scores 58/100 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.
Murang’a scores 58/100 (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 Murang’a: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (70/100) and health and medical access (68/100).
A score of 58 is higher than the scores of 83% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Kenya travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Murang’a (0.7210° S, 37.1526° E), Murang’a sits 73.1 km SSW from Nairobi at 1318 m elevation.
Murang’a
0.7210° S, 37.1526° E
1318 m
Africa/Nairobi
43,314
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Kenya)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (23 °C avg high); Wettest: November (217 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 22° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° |
| Low °C | 11° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 12° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 96 | 86 | 168 | 195 | 169 | 90 | 56 | 55 | 80 | 138 | 217 | 180 |
Normals: Nyeri (40.6 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Murang’a happened in April (2 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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