Is Sham Shui Po safe? Hong Kong travel risk
Is Sham Shui Po safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sham Shui Po scores 31/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Hong Kong Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Sham Shui Po scores 31/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Hong Kong (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Sham Shui Po: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Sham Shui Po belongs to Hong Kong (Hong Kong), centered at coordinates 22.3307° N, 114.1622° E (10 m above sea level). Distance to Hong Kong is 5.2 km towards the SE.
Hong Kong
22.3307° N, 114.1622° E
10 m
Asia/Hong_Kong
405,869
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Hong Kong
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (31 °C avg high); Wettest: August (343 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 21° | 23° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 21° |
| Low °C | 12° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 18° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 33 | 49 | 81 | 163 | 235 | 265 | 302 | 343 | 158 | 75 | 36 | 41 |
Normals: Shenzhen (25.7 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 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Sham Shui Po happened in September (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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