Is Ubungo safe? Tanzania travel risk
Is Ubungo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ubungo scores 57/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Ubungo scores 57/100 (Elevated). 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 Ubungo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (77/100) and crime and scams (38/100).
A score of 57 is higher than the scores of 81% 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 6.7889° S, 39.2056° E within Dar es Salaam, Ubungo is situated 388.8 km W of Dodoma.
Dar es Salaam
6.7889° S, 39.2056° E
Lowland
UTC
1,086,912
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Tanzania
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (32 °C avg high); Wettest: April (156 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Low °C | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 64 | 73 | 121 | 156 | 145 | 45 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 70 | 96 | 96 |
Normals: Dar es Salaam (8.8 km away).
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 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ubungo happened in March and November (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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