Is Paoskoto safe? Senegal travel risk
Is Paoskoto safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Paoskoto scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Paoskoto scores 50/100 (Elevated). 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 Paoskoto: 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 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Senegal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 13.7833° N, 15.8167° W place Paoskoto within Kaolack. Heading to Dakar: 200.2 km WNW.
Kaolack
13.7833° N, 15.8167° W
Lowland
UTC
43,460
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Paoskoto happened in February (14 of 25 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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