Is Koumpentoum safe? Senegal travel risk
Is Koumpentoum safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Koumpentoum 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.
Koumpentoum 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 Koumpentoum: 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.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 13.9833° N, 14.5667° W in Tambacounda, Koumpentoum maintains a regional distance of 318.1 km WNW to Dakar.
Tambacounda
13.9833° N, 14.5667° W
24 m
Africa/Dakar
10,000
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
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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 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Koumpentoum happened in February and October (8 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Senegal travel advice & laws.
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