Travel Risk Atlas

Palau

Micronesia · Capital Ngerulmud

Level 1 United States Exercise Normal Precautions FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 1 Canada Take normal security precautions AA Germany No warning in force

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

14.1 Very low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 30th safest of 220
Rock Islands — Palau
Photo: Luka Peternel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

Aimeliik — No specific warningAirai — No specific warningAngaur — No specific warningHatobohei — No specific warningHatobohei — No specific warningKayangel — No specific warningKoror — No specific warningKoror — No specific warningMelekeok — No specific warningNgaraard — No specific warningNgarchelong — No specific warningNgardmau — No specific warningNgatpang — No specific warningNgchesar — No specific warningNgeremlengui — No specific warningNgiwal — No specific warningPeleliu — No specific warningSonsorol — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole country — No 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.

Political stability
10% of score
31/100
80th of 220
Crime
15% of score
29/100
73rd of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly tsunami
23/100
23rd of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
23/100
84th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
9/100
29th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
28th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
0/100
7th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
26/100

Biggest factor here: political stability. Risk of unrest, coups and abrupt instability disrupting a trip.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
911
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
USD $
€1 ≈ 1.15 USD
Languages
English
Palauan
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 360 days visa-free · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
18k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Ngerulmud
Driving
On the right
4.8 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type A, B
110-127V
Safely managed water
91%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+680
GDP per capita
$20k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
94k
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around October to May — 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 Palau:

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.