Is Ardal safe? Iran travel risk
Is Ardal safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ardal scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Iran Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 5 Dec 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 13 Aug 2026); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ardal 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 Iran (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ardal: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and Government of Canada and UK FCDO advise against all travel here, 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 Iran travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 31.9986° N, 50.6622° E within Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī, Ardal is situated 415.8 km N of Tehran at an altitude of 1860 m.
Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī
31.9986° N, 50.6622° E
1860 m
Asia/Tehran
10,113
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Iran
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 Ardal happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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