Is Phatthaya safe? Thailand travel risk
Is Phatthaya safe right now? Checked 14 October 2026
Phatthaya scores 54/100 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.
Phatthaya scores 54/100 (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 Phatthaya: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (64/100) and health and medical access (62/100).
A score of 54 is higher than the scores of 75% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 12.9357° N, 100.8890° E within Chon Buri, Phatthaya is situated 100.4 km NNW of Bangkok.
Chon Buri
12.9357° N, 100.8890° E
Lowland
UTC
328,961
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Phatthaya happened in September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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