Is El Menzel safe? Morocco travel risk
Is El Menzel safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
El Menzel scores 46/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Morocco Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (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.
El Menzel scores 46/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Morocco (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to El Menzel: 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 (63/100).
A score of 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Morocco travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Situated in Fès-Meknès at 33.8389° N, 4.5458° W (elevation 860 m), El Menzel lies 212.8 km W of Rabat. Time zone: Africa/Casablanca.
Fès-Meknès
33.8389° N, 4.5458° W
860 m
Africa/Casablanca
11,400
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Morocco
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (36 °C avg high); Wettest: November (78 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 16° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 31° | 36° | 36° | 31° | 26° | 20° | 16° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 19° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 73 | 76 | 55 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 78 | 70 |
Normals: Fès (47.9 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 | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of El Menzel happened in February and October (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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