Is Ambohimiadana safe? Madagascar travel risk
Is Ambohimiadana safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Ambohimiadana scores 58/100 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.
Ambohimiadana scores 58/100 (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 Ambohimiadana: 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 58 is higher than 80% of the cities we score.
Consult the Madagascar travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 19.2438° S, 47.7758° E place Ambohimiadana within Antananarivo. Heading to Antananarivo: 45.5 km NW.
Antananarivo
19.2438° S, 47.7758° E
Lowland
UTC
23,320
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (45.5 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ambohimiadana happened in October (10 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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