Is Sa Kaeo safe? Thailand travel risk
Is Sa Kaeo safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Sa Kaeo scores 55/100 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.
Sa Kaeo scores 55/100 (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 Sa Kaeo: 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 55 is higher than the scores of 77% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 13.8206° N, 102.0589° E in Sa Kaeo, Sa Kaeo features an altitude of 41 m. The settlement is located 168.3 km W from Bangkok.
Sa Kaeo
13.8206° N, 102.0589° E
41 m
Asia/Bangkok
16,591
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities 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 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Sa Kaeo happened in January (3 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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