Is Harbel safe? Liberia travel risk
Is Harbel safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Harbel scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Harbel scores 51/100 (Elevated). 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 Harbel: 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 (69/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Liberia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 6.2833° N, 10.3500° W in Margibi, Harbel maintains a regional distance of 50.0 km W to Monrovia.
Margibi
6.2833° N, 10.3500° W
10 m
Africa/Monrovia
25,309
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Liberia
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 (50 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 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Harbel happened in April (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Liberia travel advice & laws.
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