Is Barnāla safe? India travel risk
Is Barnāla safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Barnāla scores 56/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates India Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 16 Jun 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 7 Oct 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.
Barnāla 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 India (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Barnāla: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (74/100).
A score of 56 is higher than the scores of 80% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the India travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 30.3700° N, 75.5400° E in Punjab, Barnāla features an altitude of 237 m. The settlement is located 253.4 km SE from New Delhi.
Punjab
30.3700° N, 75.5400° E
237 m
Asia/Kolkata
116,450
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (India)
Climate by Month
Hottest: May (41 °C avg high); Wettest: July (193 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 22° | 28° | 36° | 41° | 40° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 27° | 21° |
| Low °C | 7° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 18° | 13° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 33 | 51 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 96 | 193 | 134 | 129 | 24 | 6 | 21 |
Normals: Māler Kotla (36.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 8 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Barnāla happened in October (17 of 25 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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