Is Gharbia safe? Morocco travel risk
Is Gharbia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gharbia scores 45/100 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.
Gharbia scores 45/100 (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 Gharbia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (55/100) and natural hazards (46/100).
A score of 45 is higher than the scores of 59% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Morocco travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Gharbia belongs to Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma (Morocco), centered at coordinates 35.5153° N, 5.9306° W. Distance to Rabat is 185.8 km towards the SSW.
Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma
35.5153° N, 5.9306° W
Lowland
UTC
12,838
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Morocco)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (29 °C avg high); Wettest: November (103 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 16° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 23° | 20° | 17° |
| Low °C | 10° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 79 | 88 | 71 | 49 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 103 | 85 |
Normals: Tangier (31.2 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 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gharbia happened in January (2 of 5 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 Morocco travel advice & laws.
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