Is Mitchells Plain safe? South Africa travel risk
Is Mitchells Plain safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Mitchells Plain scores 61/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates South Africa Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 27 May 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.
Mitchells Plain scores 61/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and South Africa (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Mitchells Plain: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: crime and scams (92/100) and security (61/100).
A score of 61 is higher than the scores of 85% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the South Africa travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 34.0506° S, 18.6181° E in Western Cape. The settlement is located 1,303.9 km NE from Pretoria.
Western Cape
34.0506° S, 18.6181° E
Lowland
UTC
310,485
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in South Africa
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (26 °C avg high); Wettest: June (76 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 17° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 24° |
| Low °C | 18° | 18° | 17° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 14 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 65 | 76 | 68 | 62 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 13 |
Normals: Cape Town (22.7 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 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mitchells Plain happened in January (6 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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