Is Kawthoung safe? Burma travel risk
Is Kawthoung safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kawthoung 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.
Kawthoung 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 Kawthoung: 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 9.9833° N, 98.5500° E place Kawthoung within Tanintharyi at an elevation of 110 meters. Heading to capital: documented regionally.
Tanintharyi
9.9833° N, 98.5500° E
110 m
Asia/Yangon
57,949
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (32 °C avg high); Wettest: September (355 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Low °C | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 54 | 47 | 79 | 155 | 251 | 263 | 321 | 336 | 355 | 259 | 185 | 113 |
Normals: Ranong (10 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 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kawthoung happened in February, April, July, November and December (5 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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