Is Madang safe? Papua New Guinea travel risk
Is Madang safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Madang 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. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Madang 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 Madang: 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
Found at 5.2248° S, 145.7853° E within Madang, Madang is situated 496.4 km SSE of Port Moresby at an altitude of 4 m.
Madang
5.2248° S, 145.7853° E
4 m
Pacific/Port_Moresby
29,339
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Papua New Guinea
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Madang happened in October (5 of 18 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
18 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.6 on 10 Sep 2022 (143 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.4 on 20 Sep 2026 (83 km away) — USGS details
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Papua New Guinea travel advice & laws.
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