Is Islāmābād safe? India travel risk
Is Islāmābād safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Islāmābād scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). 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). The US State Department rates Jammu and Kashmīr, where Islāmābād is, Level 4: Do Not Travel, higher than India overall (Level 2). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Islāmābād scores 75/100 (Extreme). 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 Islāmābād: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and UK FCDO advise against all travel to Jammu and Kashmīr, so the score is held at 75 or higher.
A score of 75 is higher than the scores of 91% 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 33.7353° N, 75.1478° E in Jammu and Kashmīr. The settlement is located 602.2 km SSE from New Delhi.
Jammu and Kashmīr
33.7353° N, 75.1478° E
Lowland
UTC
108,505
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Islāmābād happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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