Is Cantonment safe? Pakistan travel risk
Is Cantonment safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Cantonment scores 57/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Pakistan Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 16 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 13 Oct 2026); 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.
Cantonment scores 57/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Pakistan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Cantonment: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (74/100) and natural hazards (58/100).
A score of 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Pakistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 31.5167° N, 74.3833° E within Punjab, Cantonment is situated 271.7 km NNW of Islamabad.
Punjab
31.5167° N, 74.3833° E
Lowland
UTC
374,872
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Pakistan
Climate by Month
Hottest: May (40 °C avg high); Wettest: July (201 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 21° | 27° | 34° | 40° | 40° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 26° | 21° |
| Low °C | 6° | 9° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 30 | 55 | 46 | 24 | 17 | 110 | 201 | 145 | 108 | 21 | 11 | 24 |
Normals: Amritsar (47.2 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 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Cantonment happened in October (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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