Botswana
Southern Africa · Capital Gaborone
Each opens that government's own advisory for Botswana — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.
Atlas Risk Score · 107th safest of 220
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 Botswana 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 Botswana by its Atlas Risk Score — 30, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Botswana is “travel with caution”.
What the warnings actually cover
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Whole country — Travel with caution. 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.
Biggest factor here: road & transport. Road deaths per 100,000 people - the risk travellers most underestimate.
Practical facts
The things worth knowing before you land.
When to go
Average daytime high and nightly low for Gaborone, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.
Mildest and driest around February to September.
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 Botswana:
- US State Department advice for Botswana — current advisory
- Netherlands advice for Botswana — current advisory
- UK FCDO advice for Botswana — 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.