Is Guntakal safe? India travel risk
Is Guntakal safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Guntakal scores 46/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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.
Guntakal scores 46/100 (Moderate). 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 Guntakal: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (47/100).
A score of 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Andhra Pradesh at 15.1700° N, 77.3800° E (elevation 457 m), Guntakal lies 1,495.0 km N of New Delhi. Time zone: Asia/Kolkata.
Andhra Pradesh
15.1700° N, 77.3800° E
457 m
Asia/Kolkata
126,270
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most drought events within 100 km of Guntakal happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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