Is Cheongju safe? South Korea travel risk
Is Cheongju safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Cheongju scores 33/100 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.
Cheongju scores 33/100 (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 Cheongju: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (66/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the South Korea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Geographically located in Chungbuk (36.6333° N, 127.4833° E), Cheongju sits 112.9 km NNW from Seoul at lowland elevation.
Chungbuk
36.6333° N, 127.4833° E
Lowland
UTC
852,018
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in South Korea
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: July (219 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 11° | 17° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 26° | 19° | 12° | 5° |
| Low °C | -5° | -3° | 1° | 7° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 10° | 3° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 27 | 33 | 59 | 96 | 94 | 152 | 219 | 197 | 119 | 62 | 38 | 33 |
Normals: Daejeon (32.7 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 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Cheongju happened in July and September (6 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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