Is Ghorāhī safe? Nepal travel risk
Is Ghorāhī safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ghorāhī scores 45/100 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.
Ghorāhī scores 45/100 (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 Ghorāhī: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and natural hazards (63/100).
A score of 45 is higher than the scores of 59% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Nepal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 28.0408° N, 82.4861° E within Lumbinī, Ghorāhī is situated 281.0 km E of Kathmandu at an altitude of 689 m.
Lumbinī
28.0408° N, 82.4861° E
689 m
Asia/Kathmandu
156,164
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Nepal
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 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ghorāhī happened in April (21 of 24 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: M5.7 on 3 Nov 2023 (97 km away) — USGS details
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