Travel Risk Atlas

Sudan

Northern Africa · Capital Khartoum

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

76.1 High risk
Atlas Risk Score · 213th safest of 220
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Photo: Mohammed Mojahed / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Each region is coloured by the advice that applies to most of it, drawn by hand from the wording of all five government advisories. Numbered markers flag localised warnings — usually a border strip or remote interior — that cover only a small part of an otherwise lower-risk region.

Blue Nile — Do not travelCentral Darfur — Do not travelEastern Darfur — Do not travelGedarif — Do not travelGezira — Do not travelKassala — Do not travelKhartoum — Do not travelNorth Darfur — Do not travelNorth Kordufan — Do not travelNorthern — Do not travelRed Sea — Do not travelRed Sea — Do not travelRiver Nile — Do not travelSennar — Do not travelSouth Kordufan — Do not travelSouthern Darfur — Do not travelWestern Darfur — Do not travelWhite Nile — Do not travelLake TanaKhashm el Girba DamLake NasserRoseires Reservoir1. Hala'ib Triangle and Bir Tawil — Essential travel only1
What governments advise Do not travel Localised warning — see the notes below

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Sudan by its Atlas Risk Score — 76, High — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Sudan is “do not travel”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryDo not travel. Advice is against all travel to the whole country because of the civil war. The British embassy in Khartoum is closed, there are no consular staff, and the UK is no longer evacuating people.
  • 1
    Hala'ib Triangle and Bir TawilEssential travel only. The only areas rated below do-not-travel — disputed territory on the Egyptian border, away from the fighting.

A numbered marker warns about the small area described in its note — the rest of that region carries the base advice. Mapped by hand from the official wording in July 2026; always check the current advisory before you book.

What drives the score

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

Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
100/100
219th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
93/100
210th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
76/100
216th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
73/100
200th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
69/100
179th of 220
Crime
15% of score
56/100
186th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding, drought
39/100
130th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
62/100

Biggest factor here: conflict & terrorism. Armed conflict, political violence and terrorism exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
999
Where networks work — the war has disrupted services
Currency
SDG PT
Languages
Arabic
English
Visa (EU passport)
Visa required
US: Visa required · UK: Visa required
Population
51.7m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Khartoum
Driving
On the right
26.8 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, D
220-240V
Basic water access
65%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+249
GDP per capita
$1k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
836k
International arrivals, 2018
Malaria risk
9.8/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around December to January.

Daytime high 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. Sudan is big. These numbers describe Khartoum only — elsewhere in the country can be nothing like it.

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 Sudan:

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.