Is Dagana safe? Senegal travel risk
Is Dagana safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Dagana scores 46/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Senegal Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 1 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Dagana scores 46/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Senegal (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Dagana: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Senegal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 16.4833° N, 15.6000° W within Saint-Louis, Dagana is situated 281.1 km SW of Dakar at an altitude of 16 m.
Saint-Louis
16.4833° N, 15.6000° W
16 m
Africa/Dakar
18,205
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Senegal
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Dagana happened in January (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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