Is Berbera safe? Somalia travel risk
Is Berbera safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Berbera scores 76/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Somalia Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 21 May 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 4 Jun 2026); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Berbera scores 76/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Somalia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Berbera: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (95/100) and crime and scams (90/100). Governments disagree: US Level 4, UK Level 2, Canada Level 4.
A score of 76 is higher than the scores of 98% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Somalia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 10.4396° N, 45.0143° E in Woqooyi Galbeed, Berbera maintains a regional distance of 934.8 km S to Mogadishu.
Woqooyi Galbeed
10.4396° N, 45.0143° E
11 m
Africa/Mogadishu
478,000
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Somalia
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (38 °C avg high); Wettest: April (23 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 27° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 34° | 38° | 37° | 37° | 37° | 32° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 21° | 22° | 23° | 25° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 26° | 23° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 8 |
Normals: Berbera (0 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Berbera happened in April (1 of 1 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 Somalia travel advice & laws.
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