Is Karnāl safe? India travel risk
Is Karnāl safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Karnāl 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.
Karnāl 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 Karnāl: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 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.
Consult the India travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 29.6860° N, 76.9890° E in Haryāna, Karnāl features an altitude of 255 m. The settlement is located 121.1 km S from New Delhi.
Haryāna
29.6860° N, 76.9890° E
255 m
Asia/Kolkata
357,334
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in India
Climate by Month
Hottest: May (41 °C avg high); Wettest: July (209 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 20° | 23° | 29° | 36° | 41° | 39° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 22° |
| Low °C | 8° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 19° | 13° | 9° |
| Rain mm | 28 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 103 | 209 | 168 | 136 | 33 | 3 | 16 |
Normals: Pānīpat (33.2 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Karnāl happened in October (3 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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