Is Abū Ḩulayfah safe? Kuwait travel risk
Is Abū Ḩulayfah safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Abū Ḩulayfah scores 39/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Kuwait Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 28 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; 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.
Abū Ḩulayfah scores 39/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Kuwait (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Abū Ḩulayfah: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (21/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 3.
A score of 39 is higher than the scores of 50% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Kuwait travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Situated in Al Aḩmadī at 29.1322° N, 48.1261° E, Abū Ḩulayfah lies 30.1 km NNW of Kuwait City. Time zone: UTC.
Al Aḩmadī
29.1322° N, 48.1261° E
Lowland
UTC
164,212
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Kuwait
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (44 °C avg high); Wettest: November (25 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 18° | 20° | 25° | 30° | 38° | 42° | 44° | 44° | 40° | 34° | 25° | 19° |
| Low °C | 10° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 26° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 28° | 23° | 17° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 24 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 18 |
Normals: Kuwait City (30.1 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 Abū Ḩulayfah happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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