Current travel advisories for French Guiana

Last Update: Thursday, 14. November 2019 at 07:23

We advice caution when travelling to French Guiana.

Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 3 / 5

French Guiana is a country in South America (South America) with around 1 million citizens and a land mass of 91,000 km². We detected travel advisories from one source for this country.

Bordering countries: 2.2 / 5

French Guiana shares land borders with Brazil and Suriname. For these countries, the individual warning index is 2.3 (Brazil) and 2.0 (Suriname). See danger map of the region.

Single advisories / travel warnings

Canadian government

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/french-guiana

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:

Danger level: 0

Exercise normal security precautions.

Irish government

https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/french-guiana/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
High degree of caution

Danger level: 3

High degree of caution.

If there is more than one advisory/message of a single government for a given country, it indicates regional differences in means of security for your personal health and well-being. Single messages can indicate specific regions to be safer or less safe as mentioned in the main advisory. In these cases it's advisable to consult your own governments information.

Warnindex Description

Extreme Warning (index value: 4.5 - 5)

You should avoid any trips. A high warning index is a sound indicator of potential harm to your health and well-being.

High Risk (index value: 3.5 - 4.5)

Travel should be reduced to a necessary minimum and be conducted with good preparation and high attention.

Medium Risk (index value: 2.5 - 3.5)

Warnings often relate to specific regions within a country. However, high attention is still advised when moving around.

Low Risk (index value: 0 - 2.5)

Usually this is an indicator that travelling in this country is relatively safe. Higher attention is advised with values > 1.

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Country information

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Basic facts

Citizens: less than one million
Covering landmass: 91,000 km²
Electricity: 220V - 50Hz
Currency: Euro (EUR)
ISO 2-Letter Code: GF
Phone prefix: +594
Top Level Domain: .gf
Mobile frequencies (MHz): 900/1800

Airports in French Guiana (extern)

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Note of the displayed travel advisories

These trabel advisories are automatically gathered. We use the RSS Feeds of the corresponding authorities of the single countries. In some cases, we analyse the website itself. Since the information originates from different countries and different countries have different understanding of danger and danger levels. Thus, the information displayed is an automized and normalized representation with no right to completeness and correctness. If a country is not shown, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. The information shown if a first indicator.