Is Mwinilunga safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Mwinilunga safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Mwinilunga 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.
Mwinilunga 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 Mwinilunga: 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 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
Mwinilunga belongs to North-Western (Zambia), centered at coordinates 11.7172° S, 24.4289° E (1364 m above sea level). Distance to Lusaka is 585.4 km towards the SE.
North-Western
11.7172° S, 24.4289° E
1364 m
Africa/Lusaka
15,704
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mwinilunga happened in June (8 of 17 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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