Travel Risk Atlas

Suriname

South America · Capital Paramaribo

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

26.1 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 95th safest of 220
Waterkant — Suriname
Photo: Maarten van der Bent / 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 Suriname as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Brokopondo — Travel with cautionCommewijne — Travel with cautionCoronie — Travel with cautionMarowijne — Travel with cautionNickerie — Travel with cautionParamaribo — Travel with cautionPara — Travel with cautionSaramacca — Travel with cautionSipaliwini — Travel with cautionWanica — Travel with cautionProfessor Doctor Ingenieur W. J. Van Blommestein Meer
What governments advise Travel with caution

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Suriname by its Atlas Risk Score — 26, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Suriname is “travel with caution”.

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.

Political stability
10% of score
42/100
119th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
41/100
143rd of 220
Crime
15% of score
40/100
122nd of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
38/100
122nd of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding
34/100
79th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
7/100
73rd of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
6/100
67th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
44/100

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
115
Police 115 · Ambulance 113
Currency
SRD $
Languages
Dutch
Visa (EU passport)
Visa required
US: Visa required · UK: Visa required
Population
640k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Paramaribo
Driving
On the left
15.3 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F
110-127V
Safely managed water
56%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+597
GDP per capita
$7k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
279k
International arrivals, 2017
Malaria risk
3.9/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around January to March, and August 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 Suriname:

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.