Is Guinguinéo safe? Senegal travel risk
Is Guinguinéo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Guinguinéo scores 48/100 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.
Guinguinéo scores 48/100 (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 Guinguinéo: 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 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Senegal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Fatick (14.2667° N, 15.9500° W), Guinguinéo sits 165.8 km WNW from Dakar at 23 m elevation.
Fatick
14.2667° N, 15.9500° W
23 m
Africa/Dakar
15,627
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Guinguinéo happened in July and August (4 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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