Is Banqiao safe? Taiwan travel risk
Is Banqiao safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Banqiao scores 30/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Taiwan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 25 Nov 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.
Banqiao scores 30/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Taiwan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Banqiao: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (71/100) and crime and scams (20/100).
A score of 30 is higher than the scores of 32% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 25.0143° N, 121.4672° E place Banqiao within New Taipei at an elevation of 12 meters. Heading to Taipei: 9.9 km ENE.
New Taipei
25.0143° N, 121.4672° E
12 m
Asia/Taipei
551,221
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Taiwan
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (31 °C avg high); Wettest: September (294 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 18° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 23° | 20° |
| Low °C | 14° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 94 | 85 | 127 | 149 | 211 | 226 | 236 | 258 | 294 | 205 | 140 | 114 |
Normals: Taipei (9.9 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 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | 12 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Banqiao happened in April (12 of 23 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
23 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.4 on 2 Apr 2024 (132 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 1 May 2026 (60 km away) — USGS details
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