Is Kasama safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Kasama safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kasama scores 44/100 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.
Kasama scores 44/100 (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 Kasama: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (65/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 44 is higher than the scores of 57% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zambia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Kasama belongs to Northern (Zambia), centered at coordinates 10.2117° S, 31.1783° E (1394 m above sea level). Distance to Lusaka is 658.3 km towards the SSW.
Northern
10.2117° S, 31.1783° E
1394 m
Africa/Lusaka
101,845
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 59 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kasama happened in September (59 of 97 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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