Is Mingxing safe? China travel risk
Is Mingxing safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Mingxing scores 34/100 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.
Mingxing scores 34/100 (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 Mingxing: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (37/100) and natural hazards (59/100).
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the China travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 37.4264° N, 112.5442° E in Shanxi, Mingxing features an altitude of 788 m. The settlement is located 433.5 km NE from Beijing.
Shanxi
37.4264° N, 112.5442° E
788 m
Asia/Shanghai
82,981
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (China)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (30 °C avg high); Wettest: July (126 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 6° | 12° | 18° | 25° | 29° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 17° | 9° | 3° |
| Low °C | -11° | -6° | -1° | 5° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 19° | 13° | 6° | -1° | -8° |
| Rain mm | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 74 | 126 | 103 | 75 | 41 | 13 | 7 |
Normals: Taiyuan (49.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Mingxing happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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