Is Wewak safe? Papua New Guinea travel risk
Is Wewak safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Wewak scores 57/100 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.
Wewak scores 57/100 (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 Wewak: 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 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Papua New Guinea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 3.5500° S, 143.6333° E place Wewak within East Sepik at an elevation of 44 meters. Heading to Port Moresby: 765.1 km SSE.
East Sepik
3.5500° S, 143.6333° E
44 m
Pacific/Port_Moresby
25,143
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Wewak happened in March and May (4 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
9 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.0 on 2 Apr 2023 (100 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 24 Jul 2025 (74 km away) — USGS details
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