Is Saki safe? Nigeria travel risk
Is Saki safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Saki scores 66/100 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.
Saki scores 66/100 (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 Saki: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (83/100) and crime and scams (69/100).
A score of 66 is higher than the scores of 88% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Nigeria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 8.6667° N, 3.4000° E in Oyo, Saki features an altitude of 472 m. The settlement is located 450.8 km E from Abuja.
Oyo
8.6667° N, 3.4000° E
472 m
Africa/Lagos
388,225
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | — | — |
| Wildfires | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Saki happened in January (3 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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