Is Al Jahrā’ safe? Kuwait travel risk
Is Al Jahrā’ safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Al Jahrā’ 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.
Al Jahrā’ 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 Al Jahrā’: 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 29.3500° N, 47.6833° E in Al Jahrā’, Al Jahrā’ features an altitude of 40 m. The settlement is located 28.7 km E from Kuwait City.
Al Jahrā’
29.3500° N, 47.6833° E
40 m
Asia/Kuwait
393,432
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (28.7 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 Al Jahrā’ happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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