Is Shekhupura safe? Pakistan travel risk
Is Shekhupura safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Shekhupura scores 58/100 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.
Shekhupura scores 58/100 (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 Shekhupura: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (74/100) and health and medical access (54/100).
A score of 58 is higher than the scores of 83% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Pakistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Shekhupura belongs to Punjab (Pakistan), centered at coordinates 31.7111° N, 73.9878° E (210 m above sea level). Distance to Islamabad is 236.7 km towards the NNW.
Punjab
31.7111° N, 73.9878° E
210 m
Asia/Karachi
473,129
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Pakistan
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (41 °C avg high); Wettest: July (171 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 22° | 28° | 34° | 40° | 41° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 27° | 21° |
| Low °C | 6° | 9° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 19° | 13° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 18 | 40 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 85 | 171 | 116 | 97 | 21 | 9 | 14 |
Normals: Lahore (38.2 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Shekhupura happened in October (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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