Is Zarqān safe? Iran travel risk
Is Zarqān safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Zarqān 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.
Zarqān 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 Zarqān: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Zarqān belongs to Fārs (Iran), centered at coordinates 29.7683° N, 52.7186° E (1582 m above sea level). Distance to Tehran is 670.0 km towards the N.
Fārs
29.7683° N, 52.7186° E
1582 m
Asia/Tehran
32,261
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Iran)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (37 °C avg high); Wettest: March (70 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 11° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 30° | 36° | 37° | 37° | 33° | 27° | 19° | 13° |
| Low °C | 1° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 17° | 22° | 25° | 24° | 21° | 15° | 9° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 69 | 60 | 70 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 60 |
Normals: Shīrāz (24.5 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 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Zarqān happened in March (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Iran travel advice & laws.
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