Travel Risk Atlas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean · Capital Cockburn Town

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

33.0 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 114th safest of 220

4 of 7 pillars estimated from neighbouring countries — global datasets don't cover Turks and Caicos Islands separately.

Providenciales — Turks and Caicos Islands
Photo: Tim Sackton / 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 Turks and Caicos Islands as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Grand Turk — No specific warningMiddle Caicos — No specific warningNorth Caicos — No specific warningProvidenciales and West Caicos — No specific warningProvidenciales and West Caicos — No specific warningProvidenciales and West Caicos — No specific warningProvidenciales and West Caicos — No specific warningSalt Cay — No specific warningSouth Caicos and East Caicos — No specific warningSouth Caicos and East Caicos — No specific warningSouth Caicos and East Caicos — No specific warningSouth Caicos and East Caicos — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

This map reads milder than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Turks and Caicos Islands 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 Turks and Caicos Islands is no specific warning.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryNo specific warning. 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.

Crime
15% of score
100/100
220th of 220
Natural hazards · estimated
10% of score
39/100
121st of 220
Political stability · estimated
10% of score
30/100
75th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
26/100
99th of 220
Road & transport · estimated
10% of score
21/100
78th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
17/100
106th of 220
Conflict & terrorism · estimated
15% of score
6/100
68th of 220

Biggest factor here: crime. Violent crime levels and how reliably the law is enforced.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
911
999 also works
Currency
USD $
€1 ≈ 1.15 USD
Languages
English
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: Visa free · UK: Visa free
Population
47k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Cockburn Town
Driving
On the left
Power
Type A, B
110-127V
Safely managed water
47%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+1649
GDP per capita
$38k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.6m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Cockburn Town (the middle of the country — there is no capital in the dataset), over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high warm 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 Turks and Caicos 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.