Is Al Khānkah safe? Egypt travel risk
Is Al Khānkah safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Al Khānkah scores 53/100 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.
Al Khānkah scores 53/100 (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 Al Khānkah: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (69/100) and crime and scams (45/100).
A score of 53 is higher than the scores of 72% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 30.2104° N, 31.3681° E in Al Qalyūbīyah, Al Khānkah features an altitude of 19 m. The settlement is located 22.4 km SW from Cairo.
Al Qalyūbīyah
30.2104° N, 31.3681° E
19 m
Africa/Cairo
78,185
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Egypt
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (37 °C avg high); Wettest: February (4 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 34° | 36° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 30° | 25° | 20° |
| Low °C | 8° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 18° | 14° | 9° |
| Rain mm | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Normals: Cairo (22.4 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 Al Khānkah happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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