Is Nay Pyi Taw safe? Burma travel risk
Is Nay Pyi Taw safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Nay Pyi Taw 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.
Nay Pyi Taw 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 Nay Pyi Taw: 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
Found at 19.7475° N, 96.1150° E within Nay Pyi Taw, Nay Pyi Taw is situated in Burma at an altitude of 122 m.
Nay Pyi Taw
19.7475° N, 96.1150° E
122 m
Asia/Yangon
1,160,242
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Burma
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (37 °C avg high); Wettest: August (291 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 32° | 36° | 37° | 33° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° |
| Low °C | 15° | 16° | 19° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 9 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 238 | 289 | 260 | 291 | 263 | 129 | 36 | 12 |
Normals: Nay Pyi Taw (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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 1 | 23 | 34 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Nay Pyi Taw happened in March (34 of 60 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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