Is Shankou safe? China travel risk
Is Shankou safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Shankou scores 40/100 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.
Shankou scores 40/100 (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 Shankou: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (81/100) and security (37/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 24.5455° N, 116.4151° E in Guangdong, Shankou maintains a regional distance of 1,708.1 km N to Beijing.
Guangdong
24.5455° N, 116.4151° E
Lowland
UTC
49,896
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in China
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: June (220 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 18° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 29° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 24° | 20° |
| Low °C | 8° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 45 | 63 | 120 | 194 | 216 | 220 | 177 | 196 | 113 | 38 | 34 | 49 |
Normals: Meizhou (41.2 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 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Shankou happened in May (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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