Is Sanniquellie safe? Liberia travel risk
Is Sanniquellie safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Sanniquellie scores 54/100 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.
Sanniquellie scores 54/100 (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 Sanniquellie: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and health and medical access (75/100).
A score of 54 is higher than the scores of 75% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Liberia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 7.3622° N, 8.7061° W in Nimba, Sanniquellie features an altitude of 430 m. The settlement is located 259.1 km WSW from Monrovia.
Nimba
7.3622° N, 8.7061° W
430 m
Africa/Monrovia
11,415
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Liberia)
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 | — | — |
| Wildfires | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Sanniquellie happened in March (9 of 22 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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