Is Nakonde safe? Zambia travel risk
Is Nakonde safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Nakonde scores 39/100 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.
Nakonde scores 39/100 (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 Nakonde: 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 39 is higher than the scores of 50% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zambia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 9.3314° S, 32.7548° E place Nakonde within Muchinga at an elevation of 1589 meters. Heading to Lusaka: 832.7 km SW.
Muchinga
9.3314° S, 32.7548° E
1589 m
Africa/Lusaka
10,652
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
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 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Nakonde happened in September and October (4 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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