Is Palaw safe? Burma travel risk
Is Palaw safe right now? Checked 14 October 2026
Palaw 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.
Palaw 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 Palaw: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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 12.9597° N, 98.6545° E place Palaw within Tanintharyi. Heading to capital: documented regionally.
Tanintharyi
12.9597° N, 98.6545° E
Lowland
UTC
22,267
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Burma)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Palaw happened in February and March (2 of 2 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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