Travel Risk Atlas

Kiribati

Micronesia · Capital South Tarawa

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

20.5 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 72nd safest of 220
South Tarawa — Kiribati
Photo: Photo taken by Government of Kiribati employee in the course / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

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 Kiribati as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

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What governments advise No specific warning

This map reads milder than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Kiribati by its Atlas Risk Score — 20, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Kiribati is no specific warning.

Overseas territories, shown separately so the main map stays readable

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Kiribati · Kiribati Scored separately — open the profile
Kiribati — No specific warning
Kiribati Scored separately — open the profile
Kiribati — No specific warning
Kiribati Scored separately — open the profile
Kiribati — No specific warning
Kiribati Scored separately — open the profile

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryNo specific warning. 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.

Health & medical
15% of score
53/100
157th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly tsunami
45/100
149th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
35/100
93rd of 220
Crime
15% of score
29/100
77th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
2/100
6th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
56th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
0/100
19th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
42/100

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
999
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
AUD $
€1 ≈ 1.64 AUD
Languages
English
Gilbertese
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
136k
World Bank 2025
Capital
South Tarawa
Driving
On the left
1.9 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type I
220-240V
Safely managed water
15%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+686
GDP per capita
$3k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
12k
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around May to November.

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 Kiribati:

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.