Travel Risk Atlas

Guadeloupe

Caribbean · Capital Basse-Terre

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

23.0 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 84th safest of 220

6 of 7 pillars estimated from neighbouring countries — global datasets don't cover Guadeloupe separately.

a cross on top of a mountain overlooking the ocean
Photo: Grant Van Cleemput / 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 Guadeloupe as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

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What governments advise Travel with caution

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Guadeloupe by its Atlas Risk Score — 23, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Guadeloupe is “travel with caution”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryTravel 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.

Crime · estimated
15% of score
43/100
137th of 220
Natural hazards · estimated
10% of score
39/100
117th of 220
Political stability · estimated
10% of score
30/100
72nd of 220
Health & medical · estimated
15% of score
26/100
96th of 220
Road & transport · estimated
10% of score
21/100
76th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
11/100
80th of 220
Conflict & terrorism · estimated
15% of score
6/100
64th of 220

Biggest factor here: crime. Violent crime levels and how reliably the law is enforced.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
112
French system — Police 17 · Ambulance 15 · Fire 18
Currency
EUR
Euro — no conversion from the eurozone
Languages
French
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
378k
World Bank 2024
Capital
Basse-Terre
Driving
On the right
Power
Type C, E
220-240V
Dialling code
+590
GDP per capita
$27k
A rough guide to price levels

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around Almost all year.

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 Guadeloupe:

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.