Is Dharmsāla safe? India travel risk
Is Dharmsāla safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Dharmsāla scores 53/100 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.
Dharmsāla 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 India (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Dharmsāla: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (64/100).
A score of 53 is higher than the scores of 72% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Dharmsāla belongs to Himāchal Pradesh (India), centered at coordinates 32.2153° N, 76.3186° E. Distance to New Delhi is 409.5 km towards the SSE.
Himāchal Pradesh
32.2153° N, 76.3186° E
Lowland
UTC
19,034
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in India
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Dharmsāla happened in February and August (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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