Is Amboanana safe? Madagascar travel risk
Is Amboanana safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Amboanana scores 57/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Madagascar Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 5 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.
Amboanana scores 57/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Madagascar (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Amboanana: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (79/100).
A score of 57 is higher than 78% of the cities we score.
Consult the Madagascar travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Antananarivo (19.1336° S, 47.1717° E), Amboanana sits 44.7 km NE from Antananarivo at lowland elevation.
Antananarivo
19.1336° S, 47.1717° E
Lowland
UTC
19,217
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Madagascar
Climate by Month
Hottest: November (26 °C avg high); Wettest: January (267 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 19° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 25° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 267 | 224 | 141 | 54 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 115 | 205 |
Normals: Antananarivo (44.7 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Amboanana happened in January (4 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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