Is Luanshya safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Luanshya safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Luanshya scores 41/100 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.
Luanshya scores 41/100 (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 Luanshya: 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 41 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.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 13.1333° S, 28.4000° E place Luanshya within Copperbelt at an elevation of 1238 meters. Heading to Lusaka: 254.2 km S.
Copperbelt
13.1333° S, 28.4000° E
1238 m
Africa/Lusaka
154,863
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in 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 (41.3 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 13 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Luanshya happened in July (13 of 21 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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