Is Yilan safe? Taiwan travel risk
Is Yilan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Yilan scores 33/100 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.
Yilan 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 Taiwan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Yilan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (72/100) and health and medical access (36/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Taiwan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Situated in Yilan at 24.7500° N, 121.7500° E (elevation 15 m), Yilan lies 37.1 km NNW of Taipei. Time zone: Asia/Taipei.
Yilan
24.7500° N, 121.7500° E
15 m
Asia/Taipei
94,188
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent 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 (37.1 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 | — | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Yilan happened in April (13 of 28 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
28 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.4 on 2 Apr 2024 (103 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 1 May 2026 (33 km away) — USGS details
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