Cuba
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What are the main risks in Cuba?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 17 events there, including 10 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Armed attack, Internet outage.
Is there a government travel advisory for Cuba?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 11 advise against travel and 2 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Cuba: current alerts and safety news
The alerts open right now, all sources combined — weather, seismic, satellite, health and state advisories.
Last 90 days
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- Moderate / High
- Critical
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Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Cuba?
The UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to Cuba, and that covers the whole country, not only some areas. The US sets its own level at 2, exercise increased caution. On our scale Cuba sits at 3 out of 4. Over the last 12 months, 11 events were recorded, 7 of them severe: one travel advisory, one epidemic episode, 4 wildfires, 2 thunderstorms, 2 internet outages and 1 power outage. Fires, storms and epidemic waves are the only risks here that follow a season. August is the busiest month, all hazards combined, with 4 events; October the quietest, with 1. Homicides run at 4.5 per 100,000 against a world median of 2.1 — that figure covers homicides only, not theft or scams. The record is thin, so little has been logged region by region.
What it changes for a nomad
Start with the FCDO line: it applies to the whole country. Check what your insurer and your employer do with an against-all-but-essential-travel notice before you book. Power and internet cuts are part of the record here, and both were logged as severe, so plan for calls that drop and for work that survives a day offline. Keep a battery charged and your files stored locally. If you can pick your dates, aim outside August, the month carrying the most events; October carried the fewest. Fires, storms and epidemic waves follow a season, so ask locally where in that season you are landing. Three alerts are open at the moment, which is not the country's ordinary state. Rent accordingly: a place with its own backup power changes your week more than the neighbourhood does.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 21, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
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August 21, 2026
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises against all but essential travel to Cuba. This is a critical-level country. Over the last 12 months, the most significant recorded events are wildfires (4 incidents), thunderstorms (2, both severe), and one major epidemic record. Internet outages (2 severe) and a power outage (1 severe) also occurred. Your homicide rate sits at 4.5 per 100,000—roughly double the world median of 2.1. August is the busiest month for combined hazard activity.
To watch right now
- Three alerts are open right now, more than an ordinary month here carries.
- The UK notice against all but essential travel to the whole country is the thing to settle before anything else.
To watch as a rule
- Wildfires: 4 recorded over the last 12 months, and they follow a season here.
- Thunderstorms: 2 recorded, both severe, and seasonal.
- Epidemic risk, which is seasonal here; one episode was recorded over the last 12 months.
- Power and internet cuts: 3 recorded over the last 12 months, and they land on working days.
Good reflexes
- Read the FCDO page yourself before booking, then again the week you fly.
- Ask your insurer in writing whether cover holds under an against-all-but-essential-travel notice.
- Keep a power bank charged and your working files downloaded, not only in the cloud.
- Keep an offline copy of your passport, your address and your booking, in case the connection drops for a day.
- On a storm day, fill water containers and charge everything in the morning.
Cuba: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
Cuba: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Favourable vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 9.4 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Road deaths: 8.9 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Physicians: 9.5 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Hospital beds: 4.3 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- Life expectancy at birth: 78.3 years (median 74.7)
Watch out vs the world median
- Homicides: 4.5 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
- New displacements, disasters: 3.8 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Below the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Above the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Above the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better
42,000 people in total
115 people in total
40 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
3.5/10 — medium
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Close to the world median (2.3).
Source: UNODC, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0)
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Cuba: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 5 events
Eventsof which severe- Armed attack33 3 severe
- Internet outage11 1 severe
- Earthquake1
Last 12 months · 17 events
Eventsof which severe- Wildfire6
- Armed attack33 3 severe
- Internet outage33 3 severe
- Power outage11 1 severe
- Storm11 1 severe
- Travel advisory11 1 severe
- Epidemic11 1 severe
- Earthquake1
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Situation reports
Latest situation reports published by humanitarian organisations for this country — via ReliefWeb (UN OCHA, CC BY).
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