Is Türkistan safe? Kazakhstan travel risk
Is Türkistan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Türkistan scores 29/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Kazakhstan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 18 Aug 2026); 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.
Türkistan scores 29/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Kazakhstan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Türkistan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (31/100).
A score of 29 is higher than the scores of 26% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Kazakhstan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 43.3019° N, 68.2692° E in Türkistan, Türkistan features an altitude of 217 m. The settlement is located 904.0 km NNE from Astana.
Türkistan
43.3019° N, 68.2692° E
217 m
Asia/Almaty
250,000
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Kazakhstan
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: March (46 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 6° | 12° | 19° | 28° | 34° | 36° | 34° | 27° | 18° | 11° | 4° |
| Low °C | -7° | -4° | 1° | 7° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 21° | 15° | 7° | 1° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 31 | 39 | 46 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 45 |
Normals: Türkistan (0 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Türkistan happened in February (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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