Travel Risk Atlas

Tuvalu

Polynesia · Capital Funafuti

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

20.0 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 68th safest of 220

1 of 7 pillars estimated from neighbouring countries — global datasets don't cover Tuvalu separately.

Funafuti — Tuvalu
Photo: Michael Coghlan / 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 Tuvalu as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

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What governments advise No specific warning

This map reads milder than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Tuvalu by its Atlas Risk Score — 20, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Tuvalu 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.

Health & medical
15% of score
42/100
144th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
36/100
94th of 220
Crime
15% of score
33/100
87th of 220
Road & transport · estimated
10% of score
27/100
90th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly tsunami, drought
25/100
33rd of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
52nd of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
0/100
17th of 220

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
911
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
AUD $
€1 ≈ 1.64 AUD
Languages
English
Tuvaluan
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: Visa on arrival · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
9k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Funafuti
Driving
On the left
Power
Type I
220-240V
Safely managed water
9%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+688
GDP per capita
$6k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
4k
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around August to September.

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 Tuvalu:

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.