Is Gifu safe? Japan travel risk
Is Gifu safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gifu scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Japan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 15 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Gifu scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Japan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gifu: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (68/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Japan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 35.4232° N, 136.7608° E within Gifu, Gifu is situated 262.9 km E of Tokyo at an altitude of 14 m.
Gifu
35.4232° N, 136.7608° E
14 m
Asia/Tokyo
400,118
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Japan)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: September (243 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | -1° | -0° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 13° | 7° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 51 | 61 | 116 | 147 | 147 | 227 | 214 | 151 | 243 | 119 | 83 | 61 |
Normals: Nagoya (29.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Gifu happened in August and September (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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