Is Anseong safe? South Korea travel risk
Is Anseong safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Anseong scores 35/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates South Korea Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 28 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Anseong scores 35/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and South Korea (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Anseong: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (71/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the South Korea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Gyeonggi (37.0078° N, 127.2797° E), Anseong sits 67.5 km NNW from Seoul at 37 m elevation.
Gyeonggi
37.0078° N, 127.2797° E
37 m
Asia/Seoul
193,220
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in South Korea
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (29 °C avg high); Wettest: July (236 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 4° | 9° | 16° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 25° | 19° | 11° | 4° |
| Low °C | -7° | -4° | 0° | 6° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 22° | 17° | 10° | 3° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 22 | 26 | 47 | 87 | 94 | 159 | 236 | 220 | 128 | 63 | 37 | 34 |
Normals: Suwon (37 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Anseong happened in July (5 of 13 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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