Is Odendaalsrus safe? South Africa travel risk
Is Odendaalsrus safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Odendaalsrus scores 63/100 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.
Odendaalsrus scores 63/100 (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 Odendaalsrus: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: crime and scams (92/100) and security (60/100).
A score of 63 is higher than the scores of 86% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the South Africa travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 27.8667° S, 26.6833° E within Free State, Odendaalsrus is situated 279.1 km NNE of Pretoria at an altitude of 1339 m.
Free State
27.8667° S, 26.6833° E
1339 m
Africa/Johannesburg
63,743
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (South Africa)
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Odendaalsrus happened in September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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