Is Onitsha safe? Nigeria travel risk
Is Onitsha safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Onitsha scores 68/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Onitsha scores 68/100 (Elevated). 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 Onitsha: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (83/100) and crime and scams (69/100).
A score of 68 is higher than the scores of 90% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Nigeria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 6.1667° N, 6.7833° E in Anambra, Onitsha maintains a regional distance of 331.6 km NNE to Abuja.
Anambra
6.1667° N, 6.7833° E
57 m
Africa/Lagos
1,483,000
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Nigeria
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (35 °C avg high); Wettest: September (234 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 34° | 34° | 35° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 33° |
| Low °C | 23° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 3 | 7 | 41 | 115 | 189 | 226 | 172 | 127 | 234 | 225 | 21 | 2 |
Normals: Awka (31.8 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 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Onitsha happened in February (9 of 19 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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