Is Kokopo safe? Papua New Guinea travel risk
Is Kokopo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kokopo scores 58/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Papua New Guinea Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 29 Apr 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 17 Aug 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake was recorded about 127 km away on 13 Oct (USGS). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kokopo scores 58/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Papua New Guinea (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kokopo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (79/100).
A score of 58 is higher than the scores of 83% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Papua New Guinea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 4.3500° S, 152.2736° E in East New Britain, Kokopo features an altitude of 22 m. The settlement is located 803.1 km SW from Port Moresby.
East New Britain
4.3500° S, 152.2736° E
22 m
Pacific/Port_Moresby
20,262
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Papua New Guinea
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Papua New Guinea travel advice & laws.
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