Is Kaédi safe? Mauritania travel risk
Is Kaédi safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kaédi scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Mauritania Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 24 Mar 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kaédi 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 Mauritania (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kaédi: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (66/100).
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Mauritania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Coordinates 16.1503° N, 13.5037° W place Kaédi within Gorgol at an elevation of 17 meters. Heading to Nouakchott: 339.8 km NW.
Gorgol
16.1503° N, 13.5037° W
17 m
Africa/Nouakchott
49,152
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kaédi happened in February (3 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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