Is Bakamune safe? Sri Lanka travel risk
Is Bakamune safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Bakamune scores 46/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Sri Lanka Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 14 Oct 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bakamune scores 46/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Sri Lanka (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bakamune: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (49/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Sri Lanka travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 7.7833° N, 80.8167° E within Northern, Bakamune is situated in Sri Lanka.
Northern
7.7833° N, 80.8167° E
Lowland
UTC
43,915
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Sri Lanka)
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 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bakamune happened in November (4 of 15 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Sri Lanka travel advice & laws.
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