Is Paoy Paet safe? Cambodia travel risk
Is Paoy Paet safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Paoy Paet scores 53/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Paoy Paet scores 53/100 (Elevated). 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 Paoy Paet: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (63/100) and crime and scams (50/100).
A score of 53 is higher than the scores of 72% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Cambodia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 13.6500° N, 102.5667° E place Paoy Paet within Banteay Meanchey at an elevation of 43 meters. Heading to Phnom Penh: 344.6 km SE.
Banteay Meanchey
13.6500° N, 102.5667° E
43 m
Asia/Phnom_Penh
98,934
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 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Paoy Paet happened in May and September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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