Is Nkhotakota safe? Malawi travel risk
Is Nkhotakota safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Nkhotakota scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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. GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Nkhotakota scores 50/100 (Elevated). 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 Nkhotakota: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (55/100) and health and medical access (62/100).
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Malawi travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Nkhotakota belongs to Nkhotakota (Malawi), centered at coordinates 12.9163° S, 34.3000° E (497 m above sea level). Distance to Lilongwe is 129.3 km towards the SSW.
Nkhotakota
12.9163° S, 34.3000° E
497 m
Africa/Blantyre
28,350
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Malawi
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 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Nkhotakota happened in January (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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