Is Myitkyina safe? Burma travel risk
Is Myitkyina safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Myitkyina 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.
Myitkyina 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 Myitkyina: 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 25.3833° N, 97.4000° E in Kachin State, Myitkyina features an altitude of 147 m. The settlement is located within Burma.
Kachin State
25.3833° N, 97.4000° E
147 m
Asia/Yangon
243,031
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Burma
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (33 °C avg high); Wettest: July (597 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 24° | 27° | 31° | 33° | 31° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 27° | 26° | 24° |
| Low °C | 11° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 12° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 16 | 14 | 69 | 262 | 567 | 597 | 574 | 266 | 158 | 43 | 17 |
Normals: Myitkyina (0 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 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Myitkyina happened in May (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.9 on 31 May 2023 (122 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 5 Apr 2024 (133 km away) — USGS details
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