Travel Risk Atlas

Congo

Middle Africa · Capital Brazzaville

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

53.5 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 180th safest of 220
Brazzaville — Congo
Photo: Africany / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

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.

Bouenza — Travel with cautionBrazzaville — Travel with cautionCuvette-Ouest — Travel with cautionCuvette — Travel with cautionKouilou — Travel with cautionLikouala — Travel with cautionLékoumou — Travel with cautionNiari — Travel with cautionPlateaux — Travel with cautionPointe Noire — Travel with cautionPool — Travel with cautionSangha — Travel with cautionLac TumbaLac Mai-Ndombe1. Likouala / CAR border — Do not travel1
What governments advise Travel with caution Localised warning — see the notes below

What the warnings actually cover

  • 1
    Likouala / CAR borderDo not travel. Do-not-travel within 50km of the Central African Republic border in Likouala region. Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire are far to the south-west and unaffected.

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.

Road & transport
10% of score
77/100
194th of 220
Crime
15% of score
72/100
211th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
66/100
184th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
54/100
182nd of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
53/100
159th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
33/100
161st of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding
33/100
76th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
73/100

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.

Emergency number
117
Police 117 · Fire 118
Currency
XAF Fr
Languages
French
Kikongo, Lingala
Visa (EU passport)
Visa required
US: Visa required · UK: Visa required
Population
6.5m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Brazzaville
Driving
On the right
29.7 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, E
220-240V
Safely managed water
46%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+242
GDP per capita
$3k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
158k
International arrivals, 2018
Malaria risk
9.3/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around January to February, and June to September.

Daytime high 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.

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 Congo:

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.