Is Dera Ismail Khan safe? Pakistan travel risk
Is Dera Ismail Khan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Dera Ismail Khan scores 55/100 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.
Dera Ismail Khan scores 55/100 (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 Dera Ismail Khan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (74/100) and crime and scams (41/100).
A score of 55 is higher than the scores of 77% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Pakistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 31.8314° N, 70.9019° E place Dera Ismail Khan within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at an elevation of 177 meters. Heading to Islamabad: 289.3 km NE.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
31.8314° N, 70.9019° E
177 m
Asia/Karachi
109,686
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Dera Ismail Khan happened in June (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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