Is Bukit Gambir safe? Malaysia travel risk
Is Bukit Gambir safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bukit Gambir scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Malaysia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 22 Feb 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 19 Mar 2026); Canada says: exercise normal security precautions (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.
Bukit Gambir scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Malaysia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bukit Gambir: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (54/100) and security (33/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Bukit Gambir belongs to Johor (Malaysia), centered at coordinates 2.2110° N, 102.6546° E (12 m above sea level). Distance to Kuala Lumpur is 150.4 km towards the NW.
Johor
2.2110° N, 102.6546° E
12 m
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
40,000
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: March (31 °C avg high); Wettest: November (214 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 131 | 109 | 150 | 160 | 148 | 118 | 127 | 129 | 165 | 184 | 214 | 169 |
Normals: Bukit Gambir (0 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 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bukit Gambir happened in February (3 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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