Is Tacheng safe? China travel risk
Is Tacheng safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Tacheng scores 33/100 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.
Tacheng scores 33/100 (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 Tacheng: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (37/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 46.7517° N, 82.9869° E in Xinjiang, Tacheng features an altitude of 546 m. The settlement is located 2,784.2 km E from Beijing.
Xinjiang
46.7517° N, 82.9869° E
546 m
Asia/Urumqi
158,098
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Tacheng happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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