Is Katima Mulilo safe? Namibia travel risk
Is Katima Mulilo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Katima Mulilo scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Namibia Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 May 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Katima Mulilo scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Namibia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Katima Mulilo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: crime and scams (61/100) and security (43/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 17.5000° S, 24.2667° E within Zambezi, Katima Mulilo is situated 938.2 km SW of Windhoek at an altitude of 951 m.
Zambezi
17.5000° S, 24.2667° E
951 m
Africa/Windhoek
28,699
Emergency & Aviation Access
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Katima Mulilo happened in August and September (12 of 26 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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