Travel Risk Atlas

Guinea

Western Africa · Capital Conakry

Level 2 United States Exercise Increased Caution 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 — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

54.2 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 184th safest of 220
Grande Mosquée Fayçal, Conakry — Guinea
Photo: Mohamed Finando / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Where the risk actually is

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

Beyla — Travel with cautionBoffa — Travel with cautionBoke — Travel with cautionConakry — Travel with cautionCoyah — Travel with cautionDabola — Travel with cautionDalaba — Travel with cautionDinguiraye — Travel with cautionDubréka — Travel with cautionFaranah — Travel with cautionForécariah — Travel with cautionFria — Travel with cautionGaoual — Travel with cautionGuéckédou — Travel with cautionKankan — Travel with cautionKindia — Travel with cautionKissidougou — Travel with cautionKoubia — Travel with cautionKoundara — Travel with cautionKouroussa — Travel with cautionKérouané — Travel with cautionLabé — Travel with cautionLola — Travel with cautionLélouma — Travel with cautionMacenta — Travel with cautionMali — Travel with cautionMamou — Travel with cautionMandiana — Travel with cautionNzérékoré — Travel with cautionPita — Travel with cautionSiguiri — Travel with cautionTougué — Travel with cautionTélimélé — Travel with cautionYomou — 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.

Health & medical
15% of score
88/100
215th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
77/100
195th of 220
Crime
15% of score
69/100
210th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
59/100
190th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
55/100
164th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding
37/100
101st of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
20/100
139th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
56/100

Biggest factor here: health & medical. Disease environment plus how good the care is if you need it.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
117
Police 117 · Fire 118
Currency
GNF Fr
Languages
French
Visa (EU passport)
e-Visa
US: e-Visa · UK: e-Visa
Population
15.1m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Conakry
Driving
On the right
29.7 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F
220-240V
Basic water access
74%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+224
GDP per capita
$2k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
99k
International arrivals, 2017
Malaria risk
9.5/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around November to May.

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.

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:

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.