Travel Risk Atlas

Togo

Western Africa · Capital Lomé

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

55.9 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 186th safest of 220
Lomé — Togo
Photo: Reich geck / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

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.

Centre — Travel with cautionKara — Travel with cautionMaritime — Travel with cautionPlateaux — Travel with cautionSavanes Region — Essential travel onlyLake Volta1. Burkina Faso border — Do not travel1
What governments advise Essential travel only Travel with caution Localised warning — see the notes below

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Togo by its Atlas Risk Score — 56, Moderate — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Togo is “essential travel only”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Savanes RegionEssential travel only. Essential travel only to the rest of the Savanes region in the far north.
  • 1
    Burkina Faso borderDo not travel. Do-not-travel within 30km of the Burkina Faso border, except Dapaong city and the N1 approaching it from the south. Lomé and the coast are 600km away.

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.

Health & medical
15% of score
76/100
203rd of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
74/100
186th of 220
Crime
15% of score
60/100
192nd of 220
Political stability
10% of score
56/100
189th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
56/100
165th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
47/100
179th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score
24/100
28th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
77/100

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
117
Police 117 · Fire 118
Currency
XOF Fr
Languages
French
Visa (EU passport)
e-Visa
US: e-Visa · UK: e-Visa
Population
8.6m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Lomé
Driving
On the right
28.7 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C
220-240V
Safely managed water
21%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+228
GDP per capita
$1k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
876k
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
9.4/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Lomé, 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
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 Togo:

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.