Is Saylac safe? Somalia travel risk
Is Saylac safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Saylac scores 77/100 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.
Saylac scores 77/100 (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 Saylac: 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 77 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Awdal (11.3539° N, 43.4731° E), Saylac sits 1,056.1 km SSE from Mogadishu at 6 m elevation.
Awdal
11.3539° N, 43.4731° E
6 m
Africa/Mogadishu
18,600
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (39 °C avg high); Wettest: April (36 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 27° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 34° | 39° | 38° | 37° | 37° | 32° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 26° | 24° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 31 | 19 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 27 |
Normals: Djibouti (44.4 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 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Saylac happened in August (2 of 3 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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