Is Bandar-e Khamīr safe? Iran travel risk
Is Bandar-e Khamīr safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bandar-e Khamīr 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.
Bandar-e Khamīr 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 Bandar-e Khamīr: 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.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 26.9533° N, 55.5853° E place Bandar-e Khamīr within Hormozgān at an elevation of 16 meters. Heading to Tehran: 1,049.6 km NNW.
Hormozgān
26.9533° N, 55.5853° E
16 m
Asia/Tehran
15,320
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Bandar-e Khamīr happened in July (4 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
11 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.4 on 14 Nov 2021 (98 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.5 on 17 Oct 2023 (100 km away) — USGS details
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