Is Ilesa safe? Nigeria travel risk
Is Ilesa safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Ilesa scores 72/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Nigeria Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 12 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 28 Sep 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel (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.
Ilesa scores 72/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Nigeria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ilesa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (83/100) and health and medical access (86/100).
A score of 72 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Nigeria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Ilesa belongs to Osun (Nigeria), centered at coordinates 7.6167° N, 4.7167° E (377 m above sea level). Distance to Abuja is 344.4 km towards the ENE.
Osun
7.6167° N, 4.7167° E
377 m
Africa/Lagos
384,334
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Nigeria
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 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Wildfires | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ilesa happened in January (4 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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