Is Sumbawanga safe? Tanzania travel risk
Is Sumbawanga safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sumbawanga scores 48/100 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.
Sumbawanga scores 48/100 (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 Sumbawanga: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (59/100) and natural hazards (51/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% 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 Rukwa at 7.9667° S, 31.6167° E (elevation 1833 m), Sumbawanga lies 497.0 km ENE of Dodoma. Time zone: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam.
Rukwa
7.9667° S, 31.6167° E
1833 m
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
303,986
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Sumbawanga happened in August (6 of 15 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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