Is Kamphaeng Phet safe? Thailand travel risk
Is Kamphaeng Phet safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Kamphaeng Phet 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). GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kamphaeng Phet 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 Kamphaeng Phet: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (64/100) and natural hazards (63/100).
A score of 53 is higher than the scores of 72% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Kamphaeng Phet (16.4811° N, 99.5222° E), Kamphaeng Phet sits 320.7 km SSE from Bangkok at 83 m elevation.
Kamphaeng Phet
16.4811° N, 99.5222° E
83 m
Asia/Bangkok
28,817
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Thailand)
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 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 3 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kamphaeng Phet happened in March (10 of 19 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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