Is Sokodé safe? Togo travel risk
Is Sokodé safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Sokodé scores 56/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Togo Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Mar 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Dec 2025); 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.
Sokodé scores 56/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Togo (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Sokodé: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (68/100) and health and medical access (65/100).
A score of 56 is higher than the scores of 80% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Togo travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 8.9833° N, 1.1333° E in Centrale, Sokodé maintains a regional distance of 317.3 km S to Lomé.
Centrale
8.9833° N, 1.1333° E
402 m
Africa/Lome
189,000
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Togo
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 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Sokodé happened in January (7 of 16 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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