Is Kōbe safe? Japan travel risk
Is Kōbe safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kōbe 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.
Kōbe 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 Kōbe: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (72/100) and health and medical access (26/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Japan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 34.6900° N, 135.1956° E in Hyōgo, Kōbe maintains a regional distance of 419.4 km ENE to Tokyo.
Hyōgo
34.6900° N, 135.1956° E
35 m
Asia/Tokyo
1,521,707
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (28 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kōbe happened in May and August (2 of 2 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 (72 km away) — USGS details
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