Is Champasak safe? Laos travel risk
Is Champasak safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Champasak scores 46/100 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.
Champasak scores 46/100 (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 Champasak: 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 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Laos travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 14.8400° N, 105.7500° E place Champasak within Champasak at an elevation of 101 meters. Heading to Vientiane: 482.3 km NW.
Champasak
14.8400° N, 105.7500° E
101 m
Asia/Vientiane
62,728
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 7 | 19 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Champasak happened in February (19 of 33 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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