Is Benguema safe? Sierra Leone travel risk
Is Benguema safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Benguema scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Sierra Leone Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 Sep 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.
Benguema scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Sierra Leone (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Benguema: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (53/100) and health and medical access (64/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Sierra Leone travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 8.3215° N, 13.0724° W in Western Area. The settlement is located 25.2 km NW from Freetown.
Western Area
8.3215° N, 13.0724° W
Lowland
UTC
30,268
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Sierra Leone)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (28 °C avg high); Wettest: August (649 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Low °C | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 14 | 23 | 73 | 296 | 466 | 597 | 649 | 530 | 322 | 107 | 25 |
Normals: Freetown (25.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Sierra Leone travel advice & laws.
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