Travel Risk Atlas

Timor-Leste

South-Eastern Asia · Capital Dili

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

33.1 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 115th safest of 220
a statue of a man standing on top of a small island
Photo: Jaime Gusmao / Unsplash

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 Timor-Leste as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Aileu — Travel with cautionAinaro — Travel with cautionAmbeno — Travel with cautionBaucau — Travel with cautionBobonaro — Travel with cautionCova Lima — Travel with cautionDili — Travel with cautionDili — Travel with cautionErmera — Travel with cautionLautém — Travel with cautionLiquica — Travel with cautionManatuto — Travel with cautionManufahi — Travel with cautionViqueque — 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 Timor-Leste by its Atlas Risk Score — 33, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Timor-Leste 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.

Health & medical
15% of score
62/100
177th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
46/100
138th of 220
Crime
15% of score
40/100
125th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes
33/100
74th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
29/100
95th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
20/100
119th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
13/100
91st 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
112
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
USD $
€1 ≈ 1.15 USD
Languages
Portuguese
Tetum
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: Visa on arrival · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
1.4m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Dili
Driving
On the left
11.9 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, E, F, I
220-240V
Basic water access
87%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+670
GDP per capita
$1k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
75k
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
8.6/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around Almost all year.

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.

Compare with neighbours

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 Timor-Leste:

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.