Travel Risk Atlas

Guinea-Bissau

Western Africa · Capital Bissau

Level 3 United States Reconsider Travel FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Yellow Netherlands Yellow — pay attention Level 2 Canada Exercise a high degree of caution AA Germany No warning in force

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

45.2 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 151st safest of 220
Bissau — Guinea-Bissau
Photo: Original: Colleen Taugher from Lewiston Idaho, USA Modificat / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Where the risk actually is

Checked by hand against all five government advisories in July 2026: no part of Guinea-Bissau currently carries a warning against travel. The colour shows the general caution level only.

Bafatá — Travel with cautionBiombo — Travel with cautionBiombo — Travel with cautionBissau — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionBolama — Travel with cautionCacheu — Travel with cautionGabú — Travel with cautionOio — Travel with cautionQuinara — Travel with cautionTombali — Travel with caution
What governments advise Travel with caution

What this means in practice

  • Whole country — Travel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The base colour reflects general caution levels only.

Advisories change without warning. Check the official one for your own nationality — linked at the top of this page — 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
84/100
203rd of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
76/100
204th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
60/100
193rd of 220
Crime
15% of score
48/100
165th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
27/100
145th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score
24/100
27th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
20/100
105th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
69/100

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
Currency
XOF Fr
Languages
Portuguese
Upper Guinea Creole
Visa (EU passport)
Visa on arrival
US: Visa on arrival · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
2.2m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Bissau
Driving
On the right
32.2 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C
220-240V
Safely managed water
24%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+245
GDP per capita
$1k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
52k
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
9.1/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around November to February.

Daytime high hot extreme heat
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 Guinea-Bissau:

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.