Travel Risk Atlas

Réunion

Eastern Africa · Capital Saint-Denis

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

41.6 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 141st safest of 220

6 of 7 pillars estimated from neighbouring countries — global datasets don't cover Réunion separately.

Piton de la Fournaise — Réunion
Photo: Brian Iannone / 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 Réunion as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

La Réunion — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

This map reads milder than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Réunion by its Atlas Risk Score — 42, Moderate — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Réunion is no specific warning.

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.

Road & transport · estimated
10% of score
76/100
187th of 220
Health & medical · estimated
15% of score
67/100
187th of 220
Political stability · estimated
10% of score
54/100
176th of 220
Conflict & terrorism · estimated
15% of score
51/100
156th of 220
Crime · estimated
15% of score
48/100
161st of 220
Natural hazards · estimated
10% of score
38/100
103rd of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
65th of 220

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
112
French system — Police 17 · Ambulance 15 · Fire 18
Currency
EUR
Euro — no conversion from the eurozone
Languages
French
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
886k
World Bank 2024
Capital
Saint-Denis
Driving
On the right
Power
Type C, E
220-240V
Dialling code
+262
GDP per capita
$26k
A rough guide to price levels

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Saint-Denis (the middle of the country — there is no capital in the dataset), 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
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 Réunion:

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.