▲Cabo Verde SKETCH SCORE: 81/100▲Cabo Verde moved +4 this week▪Cabo Verde's sketch score hit 81 today, and while the US keeps the country at level 1, Canada warns travelers to exercise a higher degree of caution at level 2.▲Cabo Verde SKETCH SCORE: 81/100▲Cabo Verde moved +4 this week▪Cabo Verde's sketch score hit 81 today, and while the US keeps the country at level 1, Canada warns travelers to exercise a higher degree of caution at level 2.
Cabo Verde

Go, but pay attention.

Cabo Verde's sketch score hit 81 today, and while the US keeps the country at level 1, Canada warns travelers to exercise a higher degree of caution at level 2.

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence med▲ +4 this week
81Sketch Score
90-day trend

Governments, one trip

What they're telling their own citizens about Cabo Verde

United States

Lv 1

Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions

Canada

Lv 2

Exercise a high degree of caution

The real score

The breakdown

83advisoryConsensus
76Political Stability
58Police Trust
92Health
86Crime
90LGBTQ+

See it from your perspective

81

Go, but pay attention.

The general Sketch Score, unweighted for any specific traveler.

Staying healthy

What to watch out for, health-wise

Active notices

No active CDC travel health notices right now.

Vaccines

Recommended:

From people who've been there

Local know-how

Staying safe

  • •Pickpocketing and purse snatching are quite common in Cape Verde, especially in the main cities (Praia, Mindelo) and on the islands popular with tourists (Boa Vista, Sal).
  • •The emergency number is 132.
  • •UK health authorities have classified Cape Verde as having a risk of Zika virus transmission.
  • •The WHO declared that, as of 2024, malaria has been eradicated in the entire country, with no cases reported for over three years.

Staying healthy

  • •In the resorts, the tap water is usually desalinated and safe to drink. In other areas, bottled water is cheap and commonly available.

Adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA — edited by travelers, not us.

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

C / F · 220V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 132 / ambulance: 130 / fire: 131

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