Is Yushu safe? China travel risk
Is Yushu safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Yushu scores 43/100 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.
Yushu scores 43/100 (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 Yushu: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (90/100) and security (37/100).
A score of 43 is higher than the scores of 56% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 44.8260° N, 126.5500° E in Jilin, Yushu features an altitude of 196 m. The settlement is located 996.3 km WSW from Beijing.
Jilin
44.8260° N, 126.5500° E
196 m
Asia/Shanghai
836,098
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 | — | — | 20 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Yushu happened in March (20 of 36 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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