Is Bukoba safe? Tanzania travel risk
Is Bukoba safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bukoba scores 45/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Tanzania Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 31 Oct 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 9 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bukoba scores 45/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Tanzania (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bukoba: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (59/100) and crime and scams (38/100).
A score of 45 is higher than the scores of 59% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Tanzania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 1.3333° S, 31.8167° E within Kagera, Bukoba is situated 692.2 km SE of Dodoma at an altitude of 1149 m.
Kagera
1.3333° S, 31.8167° E
1149 m
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
144,938
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Tanzania
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 Bukoba happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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