Travel Risk Atlas

Uganda

Eastern Africa · Capital Kampala

Level 4 United States Do Not Travel FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Yellow Netherlands Yellow — pay attention Level 3 Canada Avoid non-essential travel AA Germany No warning in force

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

56.5 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 187th safest of 220
a gorilla standing in the middle of a lush green forest
Photo: 2H Media / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Checked by hand against all five government advisories in July 2026: no part of Uganda currently carries a warning against travel. The colour shows the general caution level only.

Abim — Travel with cautionAdjumani — Travel with cautionAgago — Travel with cautionAlebtong — Travel with cautionAmolatar — Travel with cautionAmudat — Travel with cautionAmuria — Travel with cautionAmuru — Travel with cautionApac — Travel with cautionArua — Travel with cautionBudaka — Travel with cautionBududa — Travel with cautionBugiri — Travel with cautionBuhweju — Travel with cautionBuikwe — Travel with cautionBukedea — Travel with cautionBukomansimbi — Travel with cautionBukwa — Travel with cautionBulambuli — Travel with cautionBuliisa — Travel with cautionBundibugyo — Travel with cautionBushenyi — Travel with cautionBusia — Travel with cautionButaleja — Travel with cautionButambala — Travel with cautionBuvuma — Travel with cautionBuyende — Travel with cautionDokolo — Travel with cautionGomba — Travel with cautionGulu — Travel with cautionHoima — Travel with cautionIbanda — Travel with cautionIganga — Travel with cautionIsingiro — Travel with cautionJinja — Travel with cautionKaabong — Travel with cautionKabale — Travel with cautionKabarole — Travel with cautionKaberamaido — Travel with cautionKalangala — Travel with cautionKaliro — Travel with cautionKalungu — Travel with cautionKampala — Travel with cautionKamuli — Travel with cautionKamwenge — Travel with cautionKanungu — Travel with cautionKapchorwa — Travel with cautionKasese — Travel with cautionKatakwi — Travel with cautionKayunga — Travel with cautionKibale — Travel with cautionKiboga — Travel with cautionKibuku — Travel with cautionKiryandongo — Travel with cautionKisoro — Travel with cautionKitgum — Travel with cautionKoboko — Travel with cautionKole — Travel with cautionKotido — Travel with cautionKumi — Travel with cautionKween — Travel with cautionKyankwanzi — Travel with cautionKyegegwa — Travel with cautionKyenjojo — Travel with cautionLamwo — Travel with cautionLira — Travel with cautionLuuka — Travel with cautionLuweero — Travel with cautionLwengo — Travel with cautionLyantonde — Travel with cautionManafwa — Travel with cautionMaracha — Travel with cautionMasaka — Travel with cautionMasindi — Travel with cautionMayuge — Travel with cautionMbale — Travel with cautionMbarara — Travel with cautionMbarara — Travel with cautionMitooma — Travel with cautionMityana — Travel with cautionMoroto — Travel with cautionMoyo — Travel with cautionMpigi — Travel with cautionMubende — Travel with cautionMukono — Travel with cautionNakapiripirit — Travel with cautionNakaseke — Travel with cautionNakasongola — Travel with cautionNamayingo — Travel with cautionNamutumba — Travel with cautionNapak — Travel with cautionNebbi — Travel with cautionNgora — Travel with cautionNtoroko — Travel with cautionNtungamo — Travel with cautionNwoya — Travel with cautionOtuke — Travel with cautionOyam — Travel with cautionPader — Travel with cautionPallisa — Travel with cautionRakai — Travel with cautionRubirizi — Travel with cautionRukungiri — Travel with cautionSembabule — Travel with cautionSerere — Travel with cautionSheema — Travel with cautionSironko — Travel with cautionSoroti — Travel with cautionTororo — Travel with cautionWakiso — Travel with cautionYumbe — Travel with cautionZombo — Travel with cautionLake AlbertLake VictoriaLake EdwardLake KyogaLake KwaniaLake Bunyonyi
What governments advise Travel with caution

What this means in practice

  • Whole country — Travel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The base colour reflects general caution levels only.

Advisories change without warning. Check the official one for your own nationality — linked at the top of this page — before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
77/100
182nd of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
76/100
191st of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
72/100
197th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
54/100
175th of 220
Crime
15% of score
49/100
170th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
40/100
169th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly drought
38/100
105th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
75/100

Biggest factor here: conflict & terrorism. Armed conflict, political violence and terrorism exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
999
112 from mobiles
Currency
UGX Sh
Languages
English
Swahili
Visa (EU passport)
e-Visa
US: e-Visa · UK: e-Visa
Population
51.4m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Kampala
Driving
On the left
29.4 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type G
220-240V
Safely managed water
18%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+256
GDP per capita
$1k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.5m
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
9.8/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around June to September, and December to March.

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.

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 Uganda:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

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.