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Travel Advisory Lookup

The US State Department advisory level for 61 destinations, read from travel.state.gov on 3 October 2026 — with what each level actually means, and the honest limits of the number.

Every level below was read directly from travel.state.gov on3 October 2026 — not from an aggregator, and not from memory. The date shown is the advisory's own "Date issued" stamp. This is a snapshot, not a live feed: check the source before you travel.

62 destinations, alphabetically.

What a level is not. An advisory is not a legal prohibition, and it is not a verdict on your safety if you hold a passport other than a US one. It is the US State Department's assessment of risk to US citizens.

At a glance

  • 26 at Level 1 — normal precautions
  • 27 at Level 2 — increased caution
  • 8 at Level 3 — reconsider travel
  • 1 at Level 4 — do not travel

What each level actually means

Quoted from the State Department's own definitions. Note the verb in every line: advise, not require.

  • Level 1 — Exercise normal precautions

    The lowest advisory level for safety and security risks.

  • Level 2 — Exercise increased caution

    Be aware of increased risks to safety and security.

  • Level 3 — Reconsider travel

    Reconsider your travel to the destination due to serious risks to safety and security.

  • Level 4 — Do not travel

    Life-threatening risks. The U.S. government may have very limited or no ability to help, including during an emergency.

Review cadence is also published: Levels 1 and 2 every 12 months, Levels 3 and 4 at least every 6 months.

Three things this table cannot tell you

  • Sub-regional levels. Several advisories carry a higher level for a named area than the country as a whole — Oman is Level 3 country-wide with the Yemen border at Level 4. This table shows thecountry-wide level only, because that is the number a traveller booking a trip can act on. If your itinerary touches a named higher-risk region, read the full advisory.
  • Whether your insurance pays. Advisory level and cover are separate questions, and insurers disagree. One treats a Level 4 advisory as a covered cancellation reason if the policy predates it; another will not sell cover to the destination at all. Most standard policies also exclude war and armed conflict outright, which is a separate exclusion from the advisory.
  • What your own government advises. The UK's FCDO, Australia's Smartraveller, Canada's Travel.gc.ca and Germany's Auswärtiges Amt publish separate systems that do not always match Washington's.

One destination we could not verify

Publishing a level we could not read would be worse than publishing nothing.

  • Israel — Published under territory pages (Gaza, West Bank) rather than a countrywide advisory; every URL variant we tried returned a 404 body (3 Oct 2026).

Read the receipts

Our own destination guides for the places in this table — each carries the advisory, its date and the sources behind it.

See also

Frequently asked questions

Does a Level 3 or Level 4 advisory stop me travelling?
No. It is advice, not an order. The State Department words every level as "we advise" — Level 4 is "We advise that U.S. citizens do not travel to the country, or leave as soon as it is safe to do so." That is a recommendation, not a legal prohibition, and we found no statute or State Department page asserting a legal bar on travelling. What does change with conditions: US government employees need special authorisation to travel to affected destinations, and FAA airspace restrictions bind US-registered aircraft independently of the advisory level.
Will my travel insurance pay if I cancel because of an advisory?
It depends on the insurer, and reputable insurers disagree with each other about the same event. WorldTrips lists a Level 4 advisory as a covered reason for trip cancellation — but only if you bought the policy BEFORE the advisory was issued. Generali states it will not provide coverage for travel to countries with a Level 4 designation at all, and that Level 3 "may be limited depending on the circumstances". Neither is wrong; they are different products. Separately, war and conflict are excluded by most standard policies regardless of any advisory, so a Level 3 driven by armed conflict may not be payable at all.
Are these levels for me? I am not a US citizen.
No, not directly. The State Department says its advisories describe risk "to U.S. citizens, not foreign nationals". Other countries publish their own systems — the UK FCDO, Australia Smartraveller, Canada Travel.gc.ca, Germany Auswärtiges Amt — and they do not always agree with each other or with Washington. Read this as one national assessment, and check your own government's advice before you book.
Why is Israel missing?
Because we could not verify it, and a lookup table that silently omits a country reads as "this country is fine". Israel is published under territory pages (Gaza, West Bank) rather than a countrywide advisory, and every URL variant we tried on 3 October 2026 returned a 404 body. It is listed as unreached on the page rather than filled with a guess. Denmark was in the same position on our first pass and turned out to be a cached-response problem, not a missing page — retrying the legacy URL with a cache-buster retrieved it, and it is in the table at Level 2.
Why is the date on Japan from 2025?
Because that is the advisory's own "Date issued" stamp. Low-risk countries are not re-reviewed often — the State Department publishes the cadence as every 12 months for Levels 1 and 2, and at least every 6 months for Levels 3 and 4. An old-looking date on a Level 1 country is the system working, not stale data.