Is Bensonville safe? Liberia travel risk
Is Bensonville safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Bensonville scores 47/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Liberia Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 11 Dec 2025); 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.
Bensonville scores 47/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Liberia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bensonville: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and health and medical access (56/100).
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Liberia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Montserrado (6.4456° N, 10.6097° W), Bensonville sits 25.8 km SW from Monrovia at 54 m elevation.
Montserrado
6.4456° N, 10.6097° W
54 m
Africa/Monrovia
4,089
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: February (30 °C avg high); Wettest: August (494 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Low °C | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 65 | 107 | 164 | 237 | 359 | 391 | 472 | 494 | 431 | 349 | 190 | 64 |
Normals: Monrovia (25.8 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bensonville happened in June (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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