Is Catbalogan safe? Philippines travel risk
Is Catbalogan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Catbalogan scores 63/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Philippines Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 1 Sep 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Jul 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.
Catbalogan 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 Philippines (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Catbalogan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (66/100) and natural hazards (89/100).
A score of 63 is higher than 86% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 11.7800° N, 124.8800° E in Samar, Catbalogan features an altitude of 12 m. The settlement is located 525.8 km NW from Manila.
Samar
11.7800° N, 124.8800° E
12 m
Asia/Manila
106,440
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Philippines
Climate by Month
Hottest: May (31 °C avg high); Wettest: August (257 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 109 | 75 | 67 | 73 | 124 | 211 | 247 | 257 | 247 | 193 | 120 | 121 |
Normals: Calbayog City (44.4 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 | 1 |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Catbalogan happened in May (2 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
7 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.9 on 30 Sep 2025 (109 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.0 on 4 May 2026 (50 km away) — USGS details
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