Is Lilongwe safe? Malawi travel risk
Is Lilongwe safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Lilongwe scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Malawi Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 14 May 2026); 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.
Lilongwe scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Malawi (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Lilongwe: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (55/100) and health and medical access (62/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Malawi travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Lilongwe belongs to Lilongwe (Malawi), centered at coordinates 13.9669° S, 33.7873° E (1056 m above sea level). Distance to the capital is cataloged regionally.
Lilongwe
13.9669° S, 33.7873° E
1056 m
Africa/Blantyre
989,318
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Malawi
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (30 °C avg high); Wettest: January (190 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 30° | 29° | 27° |
| Low °C | 18° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 190 | 166 | 128 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 152 |
Normals: Lilongwe (0 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 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Lilongwe happened in January, March, November and December (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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