Is Ruwa safe? Zimbabwe travel risk
Is Ruwa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ruwa scores 49/100 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.
Ruwa scores 49/100 (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 Ruwa: 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 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Zimbabwe travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 17.8897° S, 31.2447° E in Mashonaland East, Ruwa features an altitude of 1562 m. The settlement is located 21.5 km WNW from Harare.
Mashonaland East
17.8897° S, 31.2447° E
1562 m
Africa/Harare
94,083
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 (21.5 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 Ruwa happened in December (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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