Is Mengla safe? China travel risk
Is Mengla safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Mengla scores 44/100 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.
Mengla scores 44/100 (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 Mengla: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (93/100) and security (37/100).
A score of 44 is higher than the scores of 57% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Yunnan (21.4686° N, 101.5507° E), Mengla sits 2,486.0 km NNE from Beijing at 770 m elevation.
Yunnan
21.4686° N, 101.5507° E
770 m
Asia/Shanghai
77,425
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (China)
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 | — | — | 6 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mengla happened in April (36 of 42 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: M5.7 on 24 Dec 2021 (101 km away) — USGS details
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