Is Vatolatsaka safe? Madagascar travel risk
Is Vatolatsaka safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Vatolatsaka 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. GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Vatolatsaka 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 Vatolatsaka: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 23.3180° S, 44.3052° E in Toliara, Vatolatsaka maintains a regional distance of 593.1 km NE to Antananarivo.
Toliara
23.3180° S, 44.3052° E
Lowland
UTC
14,000
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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 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Vatolatsaka happened in October (6 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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