Is Hirakata safe? Japan travel risk
Is Hirakata safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Hirakata scores 31/100 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.
Hirakata scores 31/100 (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 Hirakata: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (74/100) and health and medical access (21/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 34.8167° N, 135.6500° E place Hirakata within Ōsaka at an elevation of 17 meters. Heading to Tokyo: 375.6 km ENE.
Ōsaka
34.8167° N, 135.6500° E
17 m
Asia/Tokyo
396,694
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (31 °C avg high); Wettest: June (239 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 30° | 31° | 28° | 21° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 24° | 21° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 55 | 64 | 117 | 153 | 154 | 239 | 196 | 125 | 207 | 116 | 76 | 65 |
Normals: Osaka (19.2 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 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Hirakata happened in August (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.7 on 2 May 2026 (79 km away) — USGS details
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