Is Pendembu safe? Sierra Leone travel risk
Is Pendembu safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Pendembu 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.
Pendembu 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 Pendembu: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Eastern territory, Pendembu is established at 8.0981° N, 10.6943° W. It lies 282.6 km W relative to Freetown. Time zone observed: Africa/Freetown.
Eastern
8.0981° N, 10.6943° W
204 m
Africa/Freetown
20,502
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | 4 | 21 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Pendembu happened in March (21 of 44 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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