Is Ban Mangkon safe? Thailand travel risk
Is Ban Mangkon safe right now? Checked 14 October 2026
Ban Mangkon scores 53/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Thailand Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 7 Jul 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 12 Oct 2026); 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.
Ban Mangkon scores 53/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Thailand (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ban Mangkon: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (64/100) and natural hazards (58/100).
A score of 53 is higher than the scores of 72% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 13.6090° N, 100.6638° E place Ban Mangkon within Samut Prakan. Heading to Bangkok: 24.0 km NW.
Samut Prakan
13.6090° N, 100.6638° E
Lowland
UTC
102,291
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Thailand
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (34 °C avg high); Wettest: September (254 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 33° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° |
| Low °C | 21° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 9 | 15 | 45 | 88 | 143 | 110 | 132 | 159 | 254 | 148 | 42 | 19 |
Normals: Bangkok (24 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 |
| Wildfires | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ban Mangkon happened in December (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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