Is Rafaḩ safe? Gaza Strip travel risk
Is Rafaḩ safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Rafaḩ scores 60/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Rafaḩ scores 60/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Gaza Strip (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Rafaḩ: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (86/100) and crime and scams (35/100).
A score of 60 is higher than 83% of the cities we score.
Consult the Gaza Strip travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 31.2870° N, 34.2595° E place Rafaḩ within Gaza Strip. Heading to capital: documented regionally.
Gaza Strip
31.2870° N, 34.2595° E
Lowland
UTC
171,899
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Gaza Strip
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (32 °C avg high); Wettest: January (58 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 18° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 28° | 24° | 19° |
| Low °C | 10° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 16° | 12° |
| Rain mm | 58 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 57 |
Normals: Gaza (30.8 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 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Rafaḩ happened in November (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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