Is Itele safe? Nigeria travel risk
Is Itele safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Itele 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.
Itele 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 Itele: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 6.7667° N, 4.0625° E place Itele within Ogun. Heading to Abuja: 455.3 km NE.
Ogun
6.7667° N, 4.0625° E
Lowland
UTC
110,196
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Nigeria)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (33 °C avg high); Wettest: June (285 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 32° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 31° |
| Low °C | 22° | 24° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 11 | 22 | 82 | 175 | 281 | 285 | 201 | 140 | 252 | 242 | 50 | 11 |
Normals: Shagamu (46.1 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 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Itele happened in October (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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