Afghanistan
Southern Asia · Capital Kabul
Each opens that government's own advisory for Afghanistan — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.
Atlas Risk Score · 208th safest of 220
Score raised to 75 by the advisory rule: governments currently advise against travel here. Why
Where the risk actually is
Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Afghanistan as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.
This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Afghanistan by its Atlas Risk Score — 75, High — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Afghanistan is “do not travel”.
What the warnings actually cover
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Whole country — Do not travel. Governments advise against all travel to the whole country, not to particular regions — so there is no safer part of the map to aim for. Travel insurance is normally void here.
Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.
What drives the score
Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.
Biggest factor here: official advisories. What the US, UK and Dutch governments currently tell their own citizens about travelling here.
Practical facts
The things worth knowing before you land.
When to go
Average daytime high and nightly low for Kabul, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.
Mildest and driest around May to October.
Compare with neighbours
Sources for this page
Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Afghanistan:
- US State Department advice for Afghanistan — current advisory
- Netherlands advice for Afghanistan — current advisory
- UK FCDO advice for Afghanistan — current advisory
- World Bank Open Data — governance, homicide, road deaths, health and economic indicators
- INFORM Risk Index 2026 (European Commission JRC) — natural hazard, epidemic and conflict exposure, coping capacity
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — travel advice and regional warnings
- Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs — colour-coded travel advice, including region-level zones
- US Department of State — travel advisory levels 1-4
Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.