Is Kawagoe safe? Japan travel risk
Is Kawagoe safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kawagoe scores 34/100 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.
Kawagoe scores 34/100 (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 Kawagoe: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (82/100) and health and medical access (28/100).
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 35.9251° N, 139.4858° E in Saitama, Kawagoe features an altitude of 26 m. The settlement is located 31.4 km SSE from Tokyo.
Saitama
35.9251° N, 139.4858° E
26 m
Asia/Tokyo
354,598
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (29 °C avg high); Wettest: September (218 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 9° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 29° | 26° | 20° | 15° | 11° |
| Low °C | -0° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 14° | 8° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 52 | 65 | 107 | 109 | 126 | 184 | 168 | 148 | 218 | 148 | 101 | 67 |
Normals: Tokyo (31.4 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 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kawagoe happened in June, July, August and September (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
3 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.1 on 26 May 2023 (104 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 22 Aug 2026 (60 km away) — USGS details
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