Is Zomba safe? Malawi travel risk
Is Zomba safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Zomba 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. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Zomba 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 Zomba: 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 15.3860° S, 35.3188° E in Zomba, Zomba maintains a regional distance of 228.1 km NW to Lilongwe.
Zomba
15.3860° S, 35.3188° E
949 m
Africa/Blantyre
101,140
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Zomba happened in March (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Malawi travel advice & laws.
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