Is Ambodivoara safe? Madagascar travel risk
Is Ambodivoara safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Ambodivoara scores 51/100 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.
Ambodivoara 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 Madagascar (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ambodivoara: 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 (56/100).
A score of 51 is higher than 66% of the cities we score.
Consult the Madagascar travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Ambodivoara belongs to Antsiranana (Madagascar), centered at coordinates 14.3394° S, 49.9794° E (43 m above sea level). Distance to Antananarivo is 571.5 km towards the SSW.
Antsiranana
14.3394° S, 49.9794° E
43 m
Indian/Antananarivo
10,000
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Madagascar)
Climate by Month
Hottest: January (30 °C avg high); Wettest: February (250 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 220 | 250 | 224 | 163 | 68 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 46 | 52 | 97 | 226 |
Normals: Sambava (21.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ambodivoara happened in November and December (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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