Is Pikine safe? Senegal travel risk
Is Pikine safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Pikine scores 47/100 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.
Pikine 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 Senegal (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Pikine: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Senegal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Coordinates 14.7440° N, 17.4021° W place Pikine within Dakar at an elevation of 17 meters. Heading to Dakar: 8.6 km SSW.
Dakar
14.7440° N, 17.4021° W
17 m
Africa/Dakar
764,597
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Senegal
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (30 °C avg high); Wettest: August (143 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 28° |
| Low °C | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 143 | 114 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Normals: Dakar (8.6 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 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Pikine happened in September (3 of 5 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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