Is New Kru Town safe? Liberia travel risk
Is New Kru Town safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
New Kru Town scores 45/100 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.
New Kru Town scores 45/100 (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 New Kru Town: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and crime and scams (45/100).
A score of 45 is higher than the scores of 59% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Liberia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Montserrado at 6.3733° N, 10.7928° W, New Kru Town lies 6.7 km S of Monrovia. Time zone: UTC.
Montserrado
6.3733° N, 10.7928° W
Lowland
UTC
84,399
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities 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 (6.7 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 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of New Kru Town happened in June (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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