Is Preah Vihear safe? Cambodia travel risk
Is Preah Vihear safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Preah Vihear scores 47/100 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.
Preah Vihear scores 47/100 (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 Preah Vihear: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (46/100) and natural hazards (66/100).
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Cambodia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 13.8047° N, 104.9783° E in Preah Vihear. The settlement is located 248.6 km S from Phnom Penh.
Preah Vihear
13.8047° N, 104.9783° E
Lowland
UTC
24,360
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | 6 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Preah Vihear happened in February (46 of 52 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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