Is Musoma safe? Tanzania travel risk
Is Musoma safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Musoma 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.
Musoma 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 Musoma: 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Mara at 1.5000° S, 33.8000° E (elevation 1148 m), Musoma lies 562.5 km SSE of Dodoma. Time zone: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam.
Mara
1.5000° S, 33.8000° E
1148 m
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
164,172
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Musoma happened in April and November (2 of 2 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 Tanzania travel advice & laws.
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