Is Chitral safe? Pakistan travel risk
Is Chitral safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chitral scores 60/100 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.
Chitral scores 60/100 (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 Chitral: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (74/100) and natural hazards (76/100).
A score of 60 is higher than the scores of 84% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Pakistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Found at 35.8461° N, 71.7858° E within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chitral is situated 266.3 km SSE of Islamabad at an altitude of 1514 m.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
35.8461° N, 71.7858° E
1514 m
Asia/Karachi
49,780
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Pakistan
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 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Chitral happened in April (3 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
12 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.5 on 21 Mar 2023 (107 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.5 on 1 Jul 2026 (144 km away) — USGS details
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