Is Kampong Chhnang safe? Cambodia travel risk
Is Kampong Chhnang safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Kampong Chhnang scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Cambodia Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 Sep 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 19 Mar 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kampong Chhnang scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Cambodia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kampong Chhnang: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (46/100) and health and medical access (70/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Cambodia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Kampong Chhnang belongs to Kampong Chhnang (Cambodia), centered at coordinates 12.2500° N, 104.6667° E (21 m above sea level). Distance to Phnom Penh is 80.6 km towards the SSE.
Kampong Chhnang
12.2500° N, 104.6667° E
21 m
Asia/Phnom_Penh
41,700
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Cambodia)
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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kampong Chhnang happened in September (3 of 7 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 Cambodia travel advice & laws.
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