Is Jalpāiguri safe? India travel risk
Is Jalpāiguri safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Jalpāiguri scores 48/100 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.
Jalpāiguri scores 48/100 (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 Jalpāiguri: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (58/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 26.5200° N, 88.7300° E within West Bengal, Jalpāiguri is situated 1,158.8 km WNW of New Delhi at an altitude of 87 m.
West Bengal
26.5200° N, 88.7300° E
87 m
Asia/Kolkata
107,341
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in India
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (32 °C avg high); Wettest: July (777 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 22° | 25° | 30° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 23° |
| Low °C | 11° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 19° | 15° | 12° |
| Rain mm | 16 | 27 | 19 | 48 | 179 | 666 | 777 | 653 | 342 | 188 | 22 | 17 |
Normals: Shiliguri (36.5 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Jalpāiguri happened in June (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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