Travel Risk Atlas

Senegal

Western Africa · Capital Dakar

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

38.3 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 131st safest of 220
Lake Retba — Senegal
Photo: Jjm2311 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where the risk actually is

Checked by hand against all five government advisories in July 2026: no part of Senegal currently carries a warning against travel. The colour shows the general caution level only.

Dakar — Travel with cautionDiourbel — Travel with cautionFatick — Travel with cautionFatick — Travel with cautionKaffrine — Travel with cautionKaolack — Travel with cautionKolda — Travel with cautionKédougou — Travel with cautionLouga — Travel with cautionMatam — Travel with cautionSaint-Louis — Travel with cautionSédhiou — Travel with cautionTambacounda — Travel with cautionThiès — Travel with cautionZiguinchor — Travel with cautionZiguinchor — Travel with caution
What governments advise Travel with caution

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Senegal 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 Senegal is “travel with caution”.

What this means in practice

  • Whole countryTravel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The base colour reflects general caution levels only.

Advisories change without warning. Check the official one for your own nationality — linked at the top of this page — before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Health & medical
15% of score
65/100
183rd of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
60/100
166th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding, drought
45/100
150th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
41/100
115th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
38/100
140th of 220
Crime
15% of score
32/100
85th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
13/100
99th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
69/100

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
17
Police 17 · Ambulance 15 · Fire 18
Currency
XOF Fr
Languages
French
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
18.9m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Dakar
Driving
On the right
23.5 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, E
220-240V
Safely managed water
27%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+221
GDP per capita
$2k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.4m
International arrivals, 2017
Malaria risk
9.6/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around Almost 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 Senegal:

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.