Is Kottavalasa safe? India travel risk
Is Kottavalasa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kottavalasa scores 47/100 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.
Kottavalasa scores 47/100 (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 Kottavalasa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the India travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Kottavalasa belongs to Andhra Pradesh (India), centered at coordinates 17.9000° N, 83.2000° E (67 m above sea level). Distance to New Delhi is 1,338.7 km towards the NNW.
Andhra Pradesh
17.9000° N, 83.2000° E
67 m
Asia/Kolkata
14,321
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (India)
Climate by Month
Hottest: May (36 °C avg high); Wettest: July (187 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 27° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 36° | 33° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° |
| Low °C | 19° | 22° | 24° | 27° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 143 | 187 | 166 | 186 | 166 | 81 | 21 |
Normals: Vishākhapatnam (24.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Kottavalasa happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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