Is Bambous safe? Mauritius travel risk
Is Bambous safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Bambous scores 27/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Mauritius Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 8 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bambous scores 27/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Mauritius (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bambous: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (25/100) and crime and scams (29/100).
A score of 27 is higher than 6% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 20.2600° S, 57.4148° E within Black River, Bambous is situated 14.1 km NE of Port Louis at an altitude of 122 m.
Black River
20.2600° S, 57.4148° E
122 m
Indian/Mauritius
15,345
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: February (30 °C avg high); Wettest: January (203 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Low °C | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 203 | 175 | 160 | 113 | 67 | 44 | 46 | 37 | 42 | 42 | 62 | 118 |
Normals: Port Louis (14.1 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bambous happened in January, February and April (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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