Travel Risk Atlas

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Southeast Europe · Capital Sarajevo

Level 2 United States Exercise Increased Caution FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 2 Canada Exercise a high degree of caution AA Germany No warning in force

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

26.0 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 93rd safest of 220
brown arch bridge near concrete buildings and green-leafed trees during daytime
Photo: Yu Siang Teo / Unsplash

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Banja Luka — No specific warningBijeljina — No specific warningBosnian Podrinje — No specific warningBrčko Distrikt — No specific warningCentral Bosnia — No specific warningDoboj — No specific warningFoča — No specific warningHerzegovina-Neretva — No specific warningPosavina — No specific warningPosavina — No specific warningSarajevo-romanija — No specific warningSarajevo-romanija — No specific warningSarajevo — No specific warningTrebinje — No specific warningTuzla — No specific warningUna-Sana — No specific warningVlasenica — No specific warningWest Bosnia — No specific warningWest Herzegovina — No specific warningZenica-Doboj — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

This map reads milder than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Bosnia and Herzegovina by its Atlas Risk Score — 26, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina is no specific warning.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole country — No specific warning. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

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.

Political stability
10% of score
52/100
167th of 220
Crime
15% of score
38/100
110th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
33/100
110th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes, flooding
29/100
48th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
21/100
109th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
16/100
63rd of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
13/100
92nd of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
47/100

Biggest factor here: political stability. Risk of unrest, coups and abrupt instability disrupting a trip.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
112
Single European emergency number — police, fire and ambulance, free from any phone
Currency
BAM KM
Languages
Bosnian
Croatian, Serbian
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
3.1m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Sarajevo
Driving
On the right
13.5 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F
220-240V
Safely managed water
86%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+387
GDP per capita
$10k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.2m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around June to September.

Daytime high cold 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.

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina:

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.