Is Rufisque safe? Senegal travel risk
Is Rufisque safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Rufisque 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.
Rufisque 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 Rufisque: 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 14.7140° N, 17.2723° W within Dakar, Rufisque is situated 17.8 km WSW of Dakar at an altitude of 5 m.
Dakar
14.7140° N, 17.2723° W
5 m
Africa/Dakar
295,459
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (17.8 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 Rufisque happened in September (3 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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