Is Harare safe? Zimbabwe travel risk
Is Harare safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Harare scores 48/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Zimbabwe Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 27 Jun 2023); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Harare scores 48/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Zimbabwe (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Harare: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and crime and scams (50/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zimbabwe travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Harare (17.8292° S, 31.0522° E), Harare sits inside Zimbabwe at 1494 m elevation.
Harare
17.8292° S, 31.0522° E
1494 m
Africa/Harare
1,558,823
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Zimbabwe)
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (28 °C avg high); Wettest: January (204 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 23° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 25° |
| Low °C | 16° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 8° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 16° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 204 | 146 | 102 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 104 | 175 |
Normals: Harare (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Harare happened in December (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Zimbabwe travel advice & laws.
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