7-day Safe Trip Score
Recent events feed
- air_qualityWAQIyesterdayAir quality · Unhealthy for sensitive groups · AQI 102 · Booysens, City of Tshwane, South AfricaAQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups) · PM10 AQI 102 · dominant: pm10Source →-3.0
- air_qualityWAQI2d agoAir quality · Unhealthy for sensitive groups · AQI 108 · Booysens, City of Tshwane, South AfricaAQI 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups) · PM10 AQI 108 · dominant: pm10Source →-3.0
- air_qualityWAQI4d agoAir quality · Unhealthy for sensitive groups · AQI 104 · Booysens, City of Tshwane, South AfricaAQI 104 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups) · PM10 AQI 104 · dominant: pm10Source →-3.0
- air_qualityWAQI6d agoAir quality · Unhealthy for sensitive groups · AQI 108 · Booysens, City of Tshwane, South AfricaAQI 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups) · PM10 AQI 108 · dominant: pm10Source →-3.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy for sensitive groups · AQI 121 · Booysens, City of Tshwane, South AfricaAQI 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups) · PM10 AQI 121 · dominant: pm10Source →-3.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy for sensitive groups · AQI 101 · Booysens, City of Tshwane, South AfricaAQI 101 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups) · PM10 AQI 101 · dominant: pm10Source →-3.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy · AQI 153 · Olifantsfontein-NAQI, City of Ekurhuleni, South AfricaAQI 153 (Unhealthy) · PM2.5 AQI 153 · PM10 AQI 62 · dominant: pm25Source →-5.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy · AQI 155 · Olifantsfontein-NAQI, City of Ekurhuleni, South AfricaAQI 155 (Unhealthy) · PM2.5 AQI 155 · PM10 AQI 63 · dominant: pm25Source →-5.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy · AQI 153 · Olifantsfontein-NAQI, City of Ekurhuleni, South AfricaAQI 153 (Unhealthy) · PM2.5 AQI 153 · PM10 AQI 62 · dominant: pm25Source →-5.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy · AQI 174 · Olifantsfontein-NAQI, City of Ekurhuleni, South AfricaAQI 174 (Unhealthy) · PM2.5 AQI 174 · PM10 AQI 88 · dominant: pm25Source →-5.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy · AQI 176 · Olifantsfontein-NAQI, City of Ekurhuleni, South AfricaAQI 176 (Unhealthy) · PM2.5 AQI 176 · PM10 AQI 90 · dominant: pm25Source →-5.0
- air_qualityWAQI1w agoAir quality · Unhealthy · AQI 166 · Olifantsfontein-NAQI, City of Ekurhuleni, South AfricaAQI 166 (Unhealthy) · PM2.5 AQI 166 · PM10 AQI 82 · dominant: pm25Source →-5.0
Live foreign-ministry advisory tier
- Level 1UK FCDOSee our advice before travelling
- Level 2U.S. State DepartmentLevel 2, Exercise Increased Caution
- Level 2Smartraveller (AU)Exercise a high degree of caution
Reading this trend
What moves the Safe Trip Score
South Africa’s 7-day change is +0 points. Day-to-day moves under 3 points are noise: small advisory rewordings, individual events expiring out of the lookback window, score normalisation. Moves of 3 to 7 points reflect a real event, typically a new ministry advisory or a moderate-severity disaster / outbreak. Moves above 7 points are usually a level change on a major advisory or a high-severity acute event; check the events feed above to identify the driver. The current tone reads as heightened risk.
When a drop should change your plans
A score drop alone is not a cancellation signal; the cause is. If the drop traces to an outbreak in a region you are not visiting, the country-level score moved but your itinerary’s risk did not. If it traces to a foreign-ministry advisory upgrading the specific region you are visiting, that is the actionable signal. The Methodology page documents the weighting, and the Field Manual guides cover the cancel-push-alter decision tree per hazard category. For watchlisted countries, Safe Trip Pro pushes a notification when the score drops by your chosen threshold; the default is 5 points.
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Frequently asked about South Africa
What does the Safe Trip Score for South Africa mean?
South Africa's overall score is 62/100 (heightened risk). The score is calibrated on a 0 to 100 scale where 100 means very low risk and 0 means extreme risk. It blends six sub-scores (disease, conflict, disaster, crime, civil unrest, infrastructure) plus a 20% blend of major foreign-ministry advisories. See the Methodology page for the full weighting.
Why did South Africa's score change?
Day-to-day moves under 3 points are noise. Moves of 3 to 7 points reflect a real event, typically a ministry advisory rewording or a moderate-severity disaster / outbreak. Moves above 7 points are usually a level change on a major advisory or a high-severity acute event. The events feed above identifies the driver.
How often does the South Africa Safe Trip Score update?
The score recomputes once per day after the morning ingestion sweep. Live event feeds (USGS earthquakes, GDACS disasters, WAQI air quality) update hourly. Foreign-ministry advisories are checked daily. The status page shows the freshness of every feed.