Is Imabari safe? Japan travel risk
Is Imabari safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Imabari scores 35/100 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.
Imabari scores 35/100 (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 Imabari: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (75/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Japan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Situated in Ehime at 34.0667° N, 133.0000° E (elevation 6 m), Imabari lies 632.4 km ENE of Tokyo. Time zone: Asia/Tokyo.
Ehime
34.0667° N, 133.0000° E
6 m
Asia/Tokyo
152,111
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (31 °C avg high); Wettest: June (293 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 9° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 30° | 31° | 28° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 3° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 23° | 16° | 10° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 78 | 128 | 150 | 168 | 293 | 226 | 201 | 223 | 118 | 80 | 79 |
Normals: Matsuyama (33.7 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Imabari happened in July (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.3 on 17 Apr 2024 (108 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 6 Jan 2026 (144 km away) — USGS details
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