Is Ashtarak safe? Armenia travel risk
Is Ashtarak safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ashtarak scores 38/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Armenia Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 5 Sep 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 1 Mar 2026); Canada says: exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ashtarak scores 38/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Armenia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ashtarak: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and crime and scams (28/100).
A score of 38 is higher than the scores of 47% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Armenia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 40.2975° N, 44.3617° E within Aragatsotn, Ashtarak is situated 18.3 km SE of Yerevan at an altitude of 1140 m.
Aragatsotn
40.2975° N, 44.3617° E
1140 m
Asia/Yerevan
21,600
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Armenia)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (31 °C avg high); Wettest: April (53 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 4° | 9° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 30° | 31° | 25° | 18° | 10° | 3° |
| Low °C | -7° | -6° | -2° | 3° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 7° | 1° | -5° |
| Rain mm | 25 | 33 | 47 | 53 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 34 |
Normals: Yerevan (18.3 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ashtarak happened in March and May (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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