Is Budai safe? Taiwan travel risk
Is Budai safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Budai scores 34/100 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.
Budai scores 34/100 (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 Budai: 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 (49/100).
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 23.3600° N, 120.1700° E place Budai within Chiayi at an elevation of 7 meters. Heading to Taipei: 234.0 km NE.
Chiayi
23.3600° N, 120.1700° E
7 m
Asia/Taipei
25,267
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Taiwan)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (30 °C avg high); Wettest: July (381 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 21° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 23° |
| Low °C | 16° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 41 | 43 | 77 | 127 | 266 | 343 | 381 | 344 | 205 | 95 | 23 | 27 |
Normals: Tainan (41.9 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 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 6 | — | — | 1 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Budai happened in September (6 of 15 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
15 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.9 on 18 Sep 2022 (122 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.0 on 24 Dec 2025 (122 km away) — USGS details
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