Is Antsiranana safe? Madagascar travel risk
Is Antsiranana safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Antsiranana scores 55/100 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. GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Antsiranana scores 55/100 (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 Antsiranana: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (80/100).
A score of 55 is higher than 72% of the cities we score.
Consult the Madagascar travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
In the Antsiranana territory, Antsiranana is established at 12.2765° S, 49.3115° E. It lies 762.0 km SSW relative to Antananarivo. Time zone observed: Indian/Antananarivo.
Antsiranana
12.2765° S, 49.3115° E
60 m
Indian/Antananarivo
129,320
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Madagascar)
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Antsiranana happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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