Travel Risk Atlas

Algeria

Northern Africa · Capital Algiers

Level 2 United States Exercise Increased Caution FCDO United Kingdom Against all travel to parts Yellow Netherlands Yellow — pay attention Level 2 Canada Exercise a high degree of caution AA Germany Teilreisewarnung — advises against travel to parts

Each opens that government's own advisory for Algeria — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

46.3 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 158th safest of 220
white and brown concrete building near body of water during daytime
Photo: Azzedine Rouichi / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Each region is coloured by the advice that applies to most of it, drawn by hand from the wording of all five government advisories. Numbered markers flag localised warnings — usually a border strip or remote interior — that cover only a small part of an otherwise lower-risk region.

Adrar — Travel with cautionAlger — Travel with cautionAnnaba — Travel with cautionAïn Defla — Travel with cautionAïn Témouchent — Travel with cautionBatna — Travel with cautionBiskra — Travel with cautionBlida — Travel with cautionBordj Bou Arréridj — Travel with cautionBouira — Travel with cautionBoumerdès — Travel with cautionBéchar — Travel with cautionBéjaïa — Travel with cautionChlef — Travel with cautionConstantine — Travel with cautionDjelfa — Travel with cautionEl Bayadh — Travel with cautionEl Oued — Travel with cautionEl Tarf — Travel with cautionGhardaïa — Travel with cautionGuelma — Travel with cautionIllizi — Travel with cautionJijel — Travel with cautionKhenchela — Travel with cautionLaghouat — Travel with cautionM'Sila — Travel with cautionMascara — Travel with cautionMila — Travel with cautionMostaganem — Travel with cautionMédéa — Travel with cautionNaâma — Travel with cautionOran — Travel with cautionOuargla — Travel with cautionOum el Bouaghi — Travel with cautionRelizane — Travel with cautionSaïda — Travel with cautionSidi Bel Abbès — Travel with cautionSkikda — Travel with cautionSouk Ahras — Travel with cautionSétif — Travel with cautionTamanghasset — Travel with cautionTiaret — Travel with cautionTindouf — Travel with cautionTipaza — Travel with cautionTissemsilt — Travel with cautionTizi Ouzou — Travel with cautionTlemcen — Travel with cautionTébessa — Travel with caution1. Sahara borders — Do not travel12. Tunisian border — Essential travel only2
What governments advise Travel with caution Localised warning — see the notes below

What the warnings actually cover

  • 1
    Sahara borders — Do not travel. Do-not-travel within 30km of the Libyan, Mauritanian, Malian and Nigerien borders — terrorism and kidnapping across the Sahel. This covers the deep desert, not the Mediterranean coast where almost all visitors go.
  • 2
    Tunisian border — Essential travel only. Essential-travel-only within 30km of the Tunisian border; do-not-travel in the Illizi and Ouargla provinces and the Chaambi mountains.

A numbered marker warns about the small area described in its note — the rest of that region carries the base advice. Mapped by hand from the official wording in July 2026; always check the current advisory before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
73/100
177th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
53/100
154th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
50/100
154th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
47/100
173rd of 220
Crime
15% of score
40/100
124th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes
34/100
82nd of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
26/100
93rd of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
32/100

Biggest factor here: conflict & terrorism. Armed conflict, political violence and terrorism exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
17
Police 17 · Fire and rescue 14 · 112 from mobiles
Currency
DZD د.ج
Languages
Arabic
Visa (EU passport)
Visa required
US: Visa required · UK: Visa required
Population
47.4m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Algiers
Driving
On the right
20.9 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F
220-240V
Safely managed water
69%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+213
GDP per capita
$6k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
2.4m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Algiers, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around May to November.

Daytime high mild warm hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain. Algeria is big. These numbers describe Algiers only — elsewhere in the country can be nothing like it.

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 Algeria:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

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.