Is Sanya safe? China travel risk
Is Sanya safe right now? Checked 8 October 2026
Sanya 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. The US changed its level from 3 to 2 on 6 Oct.
Sanya 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 Sanya: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: natural hazards (65/100) and security (37/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the China travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 18.2533° N, 109.5036° E within Hainan, Sanya is situated 2,497.1 km NNE of Beijing at an altitude of 1 m.
Hainan
18.2533° N, 109.5036° E
1 m
Asia/Shanghai
1,031,396
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in China
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (30 °C avg high); Wettest: August (335 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 24° | 25° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 25° |
| Low °C | 18° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 9 | 13 | 26 | 71 | 158 | 201 | 255 | 335 | 190 | 138 | 78 | 36 |
Normals: Sanya (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Sanya happened in August and October (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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