Is Ash Shajarah safe? Jordan travel risk
Is Ash Shajarah safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ash Shajarah scores 61/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Jordan Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 29 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 10 Sep 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ash Shajarah scores 61/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Jordan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ash Shajarah: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (86/100) and health and medical access (54/100).
A score of 61 is higher than the scores of 85% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Jordan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 32.6417° N, 35.9417° E in Irbid, Ash Shajarah maintains a regional distance of 77.0 km S to Amman.
Irbid
32.6417° N, 35.9417° E
454 m
Asia/Amman
27,902
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Jordan
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ash Shajarah happened in November (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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