Is Khénifra safe? Morocco travel risk
Is Khénifra safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Khénifra 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.
Khénifra 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 Khénifra: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (55/100) and health and medical access (63/100).
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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 32.9394° N, 5.6675° W within Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Khénifra is situated 162.2 km NW of Rabat at an altitude of 868 m.
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
32.9394° N, 5.6675° W
868 m
Africa/Casablanca
228,567
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Morocco
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most drought events within 100 km of Khénifra happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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