Is Mansa safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Mansa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Mansa scores 45/100 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.
Mansa scores 45/100 (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 Mansa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (66/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 45 is higher than the scores of 59% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zambia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 11.2000° S, 28.8833° E in Luapula, Mansa maintains a regional distance of 473.3 km S to Lusaka.
Luapula
11.2000° S, 28.8833° E
1216 m
Africa/Lusaka
129,185
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Zambia)
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (32 °C avg high); Wettest: December (249 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° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 244 | 235 | 207 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 138 | 249 |
Normals: Mansa (0 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 130 | 11 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mansa happened in August (130 of 174 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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