Is Lanzhou safe? China travel risk
Is Lanzhou safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Lanzhou scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates China Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; 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.
Lanzhou scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and China (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Lanzhou: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (67/100) and security (37/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 36.0606° N, 103.8268° E place Lanzhou within Gansu at an elevation of 1521 meters. Heading to Beijing: 1,180.5 km ENE.
Gansu
36.0606° N, 103.8268° E
1521 m
Asia/Shanghai
3,067,141
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in China
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (30 °C avg high); Wettest: August (89 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 6° | 12° | 18° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 28° | 22° | 16° | 9° | 3° |
| Low °C | -9° | -6° | -1° | 4° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 17° | 12° | 5° | -2° | -7° |
| Rain mm | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 37 | 69 | 67 | 89 | 85 | 45 | 8 | 4 |
Normals: Lanzhou (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Lanzhou happened in June (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.9 on 18 Dec 2023 (98 km away) — USGS details
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