Is Kabwe safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Kabwe safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kabwe scores 39/100 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.
Kabwe scores 39/100 (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 Kabwe: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (54/100).
A score of 39 is higher than the scores of 50% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zambia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Central (14.4333° S, 28.4500° E), Kabwe sits 110.8 km S from Lusaka at 1191 m elevation.
Central
14.4333° S, 28.4500° E
1191 m
Africa/Lusaka
288,598
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Zambia
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 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kabwe happened in October (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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