Is Ube safe? Japan travel risk
Is Ube safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ube 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.
Ube 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 Ube: 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 (45/100).
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 33.9517° N, 131.2467° E within Yamaguchi, Ube is situated 790.5 km ENE of Tokyo at an altitude of 6 m.
Yamaguchi
33.9517° N, 131.2467° E
6 m
Asia/Tokyo
162,873
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: June (334 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 29° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 24° | 25° | 22° | 16° | 11° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 83 | 131 | 159 | 187 | 334 | 203 | 137 | 174 | 97 | 73 | 74 |
Normals: Kitakyūshū (34.4 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ube happened in June (1 of 1 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: M6.3 on 17 Apr 2024 (130 km away) — USGS details
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