Is Vardenis safe? Armenia travel risk
Is Vardenis safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Vardenis scores 40/100 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.
Vardenis scores 40/100 (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 Vardenis: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and health and medical access (34/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Armenia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 40.1800° N, 45.7200° E in Geghark’unik’, Vardenis features an altitude of 1944 m. The settlement is located 102.4 km W from Yerevan.
Geghark’unik’
40.1800° N, 45.7200° E
1944 m
Asia/Yerevan
12,363
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Armenia)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Vardenis happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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