Is Chingola safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Chingola safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chingola scores 42/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Zambia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 31 Jul 2023); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions (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.
Chingola scores 42/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Zambia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Chingola: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (54/100).
A score of 42 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zambia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 12.5333° S, 27.8500° E in Copperbelt, Chingola features an altitude of 1363 m. The settlement is located 324.0 km S from Lusaka.
Copperbelt
12.5333° S, 27.8500° E
1363 m
Africa/Lusaka
256,560
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Zambia)
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (32 °C avg high); Wettest: January (296 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 27° | 31° | 32° | 29° | 26° |
| Low °C | 18° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 296 | 265 | 184 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 140 | 251 |
Normals: Kitwe (49.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Chingola happened in July (24 of 33 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 Zambia travel advice & laws.
Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Zambia entry requirements.
Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers
Request detailed assessment for Chingola
Prioritizes this destination in our editorial evaluation pipeline.
Launch Calculator