Is Kawa safe? Burma travel risk
Is Kawa safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Kawa scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Burma Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 8 May 2026); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kawa scores 75/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Burma (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kawa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and Government of Canada advise against all travel here, so the score is held at 75 or higher.
A score of 75 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Burma travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 17.0897° N, 96.4663° E place Kawa within Bago. Heading to capital: documented regionally.
Bago
17.0897° N, 96.4663° E
Lowland
UTC
17,396
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Burma
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (37 °C avg high); Wettest: August (459 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 33° | 36° | 37° | 32° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 22° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 5 | 4 | 11 | 61 | 338 | 449 | 438 | 459 | 374 | 165 | 26 | 12 |
Normals: Rangoon (46.2 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 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kawa happened in August (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Burma travel advice & laws.
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