Is Panjakent safe? Tajikistan travel risk
Is Panjakent safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Panjakent scores 35/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Tajikistan Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Panjakent scores 35/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Tajikistan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Panjakent: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (45/100) and health and medical access (37/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Tajikistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 39.5000° N, 67.6167° E in Sughd, Panjakent features an altitude of 998 m. The settlement is located 146.9 km SE from Dushanbe.
Sughd
39.5000° N, 67.6167° E
998 m
Asia/Dushanbe
303,000
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Tajikistan
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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Panjakent happened in July (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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