Timor-Leste
Level moderateupdated 54 min agoA country you can visit normally, with the usual precautions.
What are the main risks in Timor-Leste?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 9 events there, including 5 severe. The most frequent: Earthquake, Travel advisory, Flood.
Is there a government travel advisory for Timor-Leste?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 0 advise against travel and 10 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Timor-Leste: current alerts and safety news
What was recorded in the country this week, lifted alerts included.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Timor-Leste?
East Timor barely shows up in our data. Over the last 12 months, two events in total were recorded, and neither was severe. One was a flood, the other a travel-advice entry. We hold no state notice advising against travel here. Flooding is the only hazard here that really follows a season: it comes with the heavy rains, not evenly through the year. Everything else is blank, and that means little was recorded, not that nothing can happen. Two records over a year are far too thin to show where risk sits or when it peaks. Read this as a light sketch of a country our sensors rarely hear from, and lean on local sources once you are on the ground.
What it changes for a nomad
For a stay of several weeks, the practical question is rain. Flooding is the one recurring hazard on file, so the wet months shape road access, power and connectivity more than anything else. Pick your arrival with that in mind if you can work from anywhere. Beyond that, our coverage is thin: few sensors, few reports, so the absence of records is not proof of calm. Keep an eye on your own government's travel page, since the single advisory entry we hold can change without our data moving. Plan for slow connections outside the main towns, and for trips that a washed-out road can delay by a day.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 24, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
Data is sparse for East Timor over the last 12 months—only two recorded events. One flood incident happened during the June–July period. No armed conflict, no homicide statistics in the available data, and no live alerts. The country sits at level 0 for travel risk.
To watch as a rule
- Rain-driven flooding, the one hazard here that follows a season.
- Road access and power supply after heavy downpours.
- Changes to your government's travel advice, since our own record on this is a single entry.
- Thin sensor coverage: locals and local news will know before our data does.
Good reflexes
- Check road conditions after a night of heavy rain before heading out of town.
- Download offline maps and refresh them whenever you have a solid connection.
- Keep some cash on you, because an outage takes card payments down with it.
- Read your own government's travel page before booking, then again a few days before you fly.
- Store copies of your documents somewhere you can reach without your phone.
Timor-Leste: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
None of the 19 countries surveyed advises against this country; 10 recommend increased caution.
Timor-Leste: 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): 12 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Road deaths: 11.9 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
Watch out vs the world median
- Physicians: 0.75 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Hospital beds: 0.38 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- Life expectancy at birth: 67.9 years (median 74.7)
- New displacements, disasters: 11.3 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
Below the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Below the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Below the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better
16,000 people in total
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
3.8/10 — medium
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
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)
Timor-Leste: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 3 events
Eventsof which severe- Earthquake31 1 severe
Last 12 months · 9 events
Eventsof which severe- Earthquake74 4 severe
- Travel advisory11 1 severe
- Flood1
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What travellers lived
What people who stayed there report. A feeling is not a risk level: these figures complement official data, they don't replace it.
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