Is Rwamagana safe? Rwanda travel risk
Is Rwamagana safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Rwamagana scores 47/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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.
Rwamagana scores 47/100 (Moderate). 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 Rwamagana: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (55/100) and health and medical access (58/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 2, Canada Level 1.
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Rwanda travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 1.9525° S, 30.4378° E in Eastern Province, Rwamagana maintains a regional distance of 41.9 km W to Kigali.
Eastern Province
1.9525° S, 30.4378° E
1537 m
Africa/Kigali
18,009
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (41.9 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 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Rwamagana happened in April (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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