Travel Risk Atlas

Solomon Islands

Melanesia · Capital Honiara

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

31.2 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 110th safest of 220
Honiara — Solomon Islands
Photo: Kahunapule Michael Johnson from Pukalani, Hawaii, United Sta / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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

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What governments advise Travel with caution

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Solomon Islands by its Atlas Risk Score — 31, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Solomon Islands is “travel with caution”.

Overseas territories, shown separately so the main map stays readable

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Temotu · Temotu · Temotu

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.

Health & medical
15% of score
56/100
166th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly tsunami, earthquakes
53/100
180th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
43/100
130th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
41/100
135th of 220
Crime
15% of score
34/100
94th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
13/100
96th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
4/100
47th 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
999
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
SBD $
Languages
English
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: Visa on arrival · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
839k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Honiara
Driving
On the left
16.5 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type I, G
220-240V
Basic water access
72%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+677
GDP per capita
$2k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
29k
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
8.9/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around May to November.

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 Solomon Islands:

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.