Is Masasi safe? Tanzania travel risk
Is Masasi safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Masasi scores 46/100 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.
Masasi scores 46/100 (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 Masasi: 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 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Tanzania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Masasi belongs to Mtwara (Tanzania), centered at coordinates 10.7296° S, 38.7999° E (449 m above sea level). Distance to Dodoma is 608.1 km towards the NW.
Mtwara
10.7296° S, 38.7999° E
449 m
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
36,032
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Masasi happened in August and October (4 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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