Is Byumba safe? Rwanda travel risk
Is Byumba safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Byumba scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Rwanda Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 4 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 4 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise normal security precautions (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.
Byumba scores 50/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Rwanda (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Byumba: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (58/100) and health and medical access (58/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 2, Canada Level 1.
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Rwanda travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 1.5794° S, 30.0694° E within Northern Province, Byumba is situated 41.6 km S of Kigali at an altitude of 2263 m.
Northern Province
1.5794° S, 30.0694° E
2263 m
Africa/Kigali
36,401
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Rwanda
Climate by Month
Hottest: September (26 °C avg high); Wettest: April (173 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° |
| Low °C | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 54 | 78 | 135 | 173 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 131 | 164 | 124 |
Normals: Kigali (41.6 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 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Volcanoes | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Byumba happened in April (3 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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