Is Abū Şīr Banā safe? Egypt travel risk
Is Abū Şīr Banā safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Abū Şīr Banā scores 56/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Egypt Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 Jul 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 4 Aug 2026); 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.
Abū Şīr Banā scores 56/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Egypt (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Abū Şīr Banā: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (69/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 56 is higher than the scores of 80% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Egypt travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Al Gharbīyah at 30.9127° N, 31.2427° E, Abū Şīr Banā lies 96.6 km S of Cairo. Time zone: UTC.
Al Gharbīyah
30.9127° N, 31.2427° E
Lowland
UTC
22,214
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Egypt
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (37 °C avg high); Wettest: January (8 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 35° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 30° | 25° | 21° |
| Low °C | 9° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Normals: Al Maḩallah al Kubrá (9.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Abū Şīr Banā happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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