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Bāglung score: 49/100 (Moderate) Updated October 1, 2026

Is Bāglung safe? Nepal travel risk

Is Bāglung safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Bāglung scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Nepal 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.

Bāglung scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Nepal (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bāglung: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (54/100) and health and medical access (64/100).

A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the Nepal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Territorial & Position Context

Charted at coordinates 28.2667° N, 83.6000° E in Gaṇḍakī, Bāglung maintains a regional distance of 179.9 km ESE to Kathmandu.

Region
Gaṇḍakī
Coordinates
28.2667° N, 83.6000° E
Elevation
Lowland
Time Zone
UTC
Population
29,360
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: Kathmandu (179.9 km ESE).

Critical Services & Regional Transit

Aviation Hub Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR) 38.1 km E
Hospital Care Muktinath Hospital 0.2 km NW
Police Station District Police office 0.3 km S

Adjacent Localities in Nepal

Natural Hazard Calendar & History

No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.

For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Nepal travel advice & laws.

Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Nepal entry requirements.

Regional Centers with Threat Ratings

Pokhara 15
38.3 km E
Ratnapur 10
53.2 km SSE
Butwāl 15
64.7 km SSW
Sanwal 10
71.0 km S
Bandipur 10
87.2 km ESE
Pragatinagar 15
87.9 km SE

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Reference data: SimpleMaps (CC BY 4.0), GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports, Open-Meteo, GDACS, USGS · Sources · Editorial Policy