Is Ruhengeri safe? Rwanda travel risk
Is Ruhengeri safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ruhengeri scores 63/100 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.
Ruhengeri scores 63/100 (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 Ruhengeri: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (82/100) and health and medical access (68/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 2, Canada Level 1.
A score of 63 is higher than the scores of 86% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Rwanda travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 1.5000° S, 29.6333° E in Northern Province. The settlement is located 69.3 km SE from Kigali.
Northern Province
1.5000° S, 29.6333° E
Lowland
UTC
135,000
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Rwanda
Climate by Month
Hottest: September (24 °C avg high); Wettest: November (502 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 22° |
| Low °C | 19° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 157 | 198 | 405 | 395 | 124 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 109 | 352 | 502 | 365 |
Normals: Goma (48.7 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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Volcanoes | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ruhengeri happened in January and April (6 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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