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🇧🇯 Use CautionIs Benin Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Benin
Travel verdict: Exercise Caution. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Terrorism spillover risk from neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger in the north
- Armed robbery and petty crime in Cotonou and coastal areas
- Malaria and waterborne diseases are endemic
- Limited medical facilities; serious cases require evacuation
Travel Verdict: Exercise Caution
Avoid northern regions near Burkina Faso and Niger; stay in well-traveled areas in the south
Take malaria prophylaxis; bring your own medical supplies and have evacuation insurance
West African CFA franc; cash economy; ATMs available in Cotonou
Emergency: 117 (police), 118 (fire), 112 (ambulance)
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