Travel Risk Atlas

Namibia

Southern Africa · Capital Windhoek

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

38.0 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 130th safest of 220
Sossusvlei — Namibia
Photo: Ikiwaner / Wikimedia Commons · GFDL 1.2

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

Caprivi — Travel with cautionErongo — Travel with cautionHardap — Travel with cautionKaras — Travel with cautionKavango — Travel with cautionKhomas — Travel with cautionKunene — Travel with cautionOhangwena — Travel with cautionOmaheke — Travel with cautionOmusati — Travel with cautionOshana — Travel with cautionOshikoto — Travel with cautionOtjozondjupa — Travel with cautionLake Xau
What governments advise Travel with caution

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Namibia by its Atlas Risk Score — 38, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Namibia 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.

Road & transport
10% of score
91/100
210th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
56/100
167th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly drought, flooding
41/100
136th of 220
Crime
15% of score
36/100
107th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
36/100
98th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
20/100
124th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
16/100
96th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
75/100

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
10111
Police — ambulance numbers vary by town
Currency
NAD $
Languages
Afrikaans
English, German, Herero
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
3.1m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Windhoek
Driving
On the left
34.8 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type D, M
220-240V
Basic water access
87%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+264
GDP per capita
$5k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.7m
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
7.8/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high warm 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.

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 Namibia:

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.