Travel Risk Atlas

Micronesia

Micronesia · Capital Palikir

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

14.6 Very low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 36th safest of 220
Nan Madol — Micronesia
Photo: NOAA / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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

Chuuk — No specific warningChuuk — No specific warningChuuk — No specific warningChuuk — No specific warningChuuk — No specific warningChuuk — No specific warningPohnpei — No specific warningPohnpei — No specific warningPohnpei — No specific warningPohnpei — No specific warningPohnpei — No specific warningPohnpei — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

Overseas territories, shown separately so the main map stays readable

Pohnpei — No specific warning
Pohnpei
Yap — No specific warningYap — No specific warning
Yap · Yap
Kosrae — No specific warning
Kosrae

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
34/100
127th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly drought, tsunami
32/100
62nd of 220
Political stability
10% of score
30/100
76th of 220
Crime
15% of score
22/100
42nd of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
32nd of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
0/100
9th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
0/100
4th 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
911
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
USD $
€1 ≈ 1.15 USD
Languages
English
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 30 days visa-free · UK: 30 days visa-free
Population
114k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Palikir
Driving
On the right
0.2 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type A, B
110-127V
Basic water access
90%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+691
GDP per capita
$4k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
18k
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around August to October, and December to April — the closest this gets to comfortable, rather than genuinely mild.

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 Micronesia:

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.