Is Ban Houayxay safe? Laos travel risk
Is Ban Houayxay safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Ban Houayxay scores 48/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Laos Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 28 Jul 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 13 Aug 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (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.
Ban Houayxay scores 48/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Laos (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ban Houayxay: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (43/100) and health and medical access (65/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Laos travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Ban Houayxay belongs to Bokèo (Laos), centered at coordinates 20.2631° N, 100.4336° E (367 m above sea level). Distance to Vientiane is 343.1 km towards the SE.
Bokèo
20.2631° N, 100.4336° E
367 m
Asia/Vientiane
17,687
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Laos
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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | 45 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ban Houayxay happened in March (45 of 60 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.9 on 21 Jul 2022 (114 km away) — USGS details
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