Is Masho Khel safe? Pakistan travel risk
Is Masho Khel safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Masho Khel scores 63/100 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.
Masho Khel scores 63/100 (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 Masho Khel: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (81/100) and natural hazards (75/100).
A score of 63 is higher than the scores of 86% 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 33.9103° N, 71.5025° E within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Masho Khel is situated 146.3 km E of Islamabad.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
33.9103° N, 71.5025° E
Lowland
UTC
30,492
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Pakistan
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (41 °C avg high); Wettest: July (179 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 17° | 19° | 24° | 29° | 37° | 41° | 35° | 34° | 33° | 30° | 24° | 19° |
| Low °C | 4° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 15° | 10° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 34 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 19 | 42 | 179 | 149 | 85 | 30 | 21 | 23 |
Normals: Peshawar (13 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 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Masho Khel happened in March (5 of 21 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.0 on 31 Aug 2025 (109 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.6 on 4 Sep 2025 (111 km away) — USGS details
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