Is Kafue safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Kafue safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kafue 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.
Kafue 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 Kafue: 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 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 15.7667° S, 28.1833° E in Lusaka, Kafue features an altitude of 996 m. The settlement is located 40.4 km NNE from Lusaka.
Lusaka
15.7667° S, 28.1833° E
996 m
Africa/Lusaka
219,000
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Zambia
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (31 °C avg high); Wettest: January (258 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 29° | 26° |
| Low °C | 18° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 19° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 258 | 203 | 125 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 100 | 216 |
Normals: Lusaka (40.4 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kafue happened in January, February, November and December (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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