Is Shibīn al Qanāţir safe? Egypt travel risk
Is Shibīn al Qanāţir safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Shibīn al Qanāţir 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.
Shibīn al Qanāţir 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 Shibīn al Qanāţir: 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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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Shibīn al Qanāţir belongs to Al Qalyūbīyah (Egypt), centered at coordinates 30.3127° N, 31.3202° E (20 m above sea level). Distance to Cairo is 30.9 km towards the SSW.
Al Qalyūbīyah
30.3127° N, 31.3202° E
20 m
Africa/Cairo
570,868
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 (30.9 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 Shibīn al Qanāţir happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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