Is Kapiri Mposhi safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Kapiri Mposhi safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kapiri Mposhi 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.
Kapiri Mposhi 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 Kapiri Mposhi: 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 13.9772° S, 28.6847° E in Central, Kapiri Mposhi features an altitude of 1265 m. The settlement is located 165.8 km SSW from Lusaka.
Central
13.9772° S, 28.6847° E
1265 m
Africa/Lusaka
14,792
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kapiri Mposhi happened in July (3 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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