Is Yanchep safe? Australia travel risk
Is Yanchep safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Yanchep scores 26/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Australia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Yanchep scores 26/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Australia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Yanchep: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (49/100) and security (23/100).
A score of 26 is higher than the scores of 17% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Situated in Western Australia at 31.5500° S, 115.6340° E (elevation 15 m), Yanchep lies 3,121.3 km ESE of Canberra. Time zone: Australia/Perth.
Western Australia
31.5500° S, 115.6340° E
15 m
Australia/Perth
8,859
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: February (32 °C avg high); Wettest: June (126 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 32° | 32° | 29° | 25° | 21° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 29° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 10 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 59 | 126 | 123 | 88 | 58 | 26 | 17 | 9 |
Normals: Perth (49.9 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Yanchep happened in April (5 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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