Is Lahān safe? Nepal travel risk
Is Lahān safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Lahān scores 47/100 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.
Lahān scores 47/100 (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 Lahān: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (54/100) and health and medical access (64/100).
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Nepal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 26.7167° N, 86.4833° E in Nepal, Lahān features an altitude of 123 m. The settlement is located 159.5 km NW from Kathmandu.
Nepal
26.7167° N, 86.4833° E
123 m
Asia/Kathmandu
102,031
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Nepal
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (37 °C avg high); Wettest: August (358 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 23° | 26° | 32° | 37° | 36° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 27° | 24° |
| Low °C | 11° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 16° | 12° |
| Rain mm | 9 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 93 | 320 | 329 | 358 | 280 | 130 | 7 | 8 |
Normals: Belāhi (42.2 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 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Lahān happened in July (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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