Is Mufulira safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Mufulira safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Mufulira scores 43/100 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.
Mufulira scores 43/100 (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 Mufulira: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (56/100).
A score of 43 is higher than the scores of 56% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zambia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 12.5356° S, 28.2419° E within Copperbelt, Mufulira is situated 320.4 km S of Lusaka at an altitude of 1285 m.
Copperbelt
12.5356° S, 28.2419° E
1285 m
Africa/Lusaka
151,309
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (31.6 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 | 18 | 20 | 3 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mufulira happened in August (20 of 42 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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