Is Ech Chaïbat safe? Morocco travel risk
Is Ech Chaïbat safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ech Chaïbat scores 43/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Morocco Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; 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.
Ech Chaïbat scores 43/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Morocco (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ech Chaïbat: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (55/100) and natural hazards (43/100).
A score of 43 is higher than the scores of 56% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Morocco travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 31.6000° N, 7.8500° W in Marrakech-Safi, Ech Chaïbat maintains a regional distance of 285.2 km NNE to Rabat.
Marrakech-Safi
31.6000° N, 7.8500° W
Lowland
UTC
9,821
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Morocco
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (36 °C avg high); Wettest: February (47 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 17° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 31° | 36° | 36° | 32° | 27° | 22° | 18° |
| Low °C | 3° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 8° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 39 | 47 | 37 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 39 |
Normals: Marrakech (15.4 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 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ech Chaïbat happened in July and September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.8 on 8 Sep 2023 (79 km away) — USGS details
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