Is Kara-Balta safe? Kyrgyzstan travel risk
Is Kara-Balta safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kara-Balta scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Kyrgyzstan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 10 Feb 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kara-Balta scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Kyrgyzstan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kara-Balta: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and health and medical access (44/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Kyrgyzstan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 42.8306° N, 73.8857° E within Chüy, Kara-Balta is situated 55.7 km E of Bishkek at an altitude of 789 m.
Chüy
42.8306° N, 73.8857° E
789 m
Asia/Bishkek
48,278
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Kyrgyzstan
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (31 °C avg high); Wettest: April (116 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 1° | 4° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 27° | 31° | 29° | 23° | 15° | 9° | 3° |
| Low °C | -10° | -7° | -2° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 17° | 15° | 10° | 2° | -2° | -8° |
| Rain mm | 38 | 48 | 92 | 116 | 68 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 55 | 57 | 40 |
Normals: Sokuluk (34.1 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kara-Balta happened in March and April (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Kyrgyzstan travel advice & laws.
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