Is Ashgabat safe? Turkmenistan travel risk
Is Ashgabat safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ashgabat scores 33/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Turkmenistan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 21 Aug 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.
Ashgabat scores 33/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Turkmenistan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ashgabat: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (39/100) and natural hazards (36/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Turkmenistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 37.9375° N, 58.3800° E place Ashgabat within Aşgabat at an elevation of 219 meters. Heading to capital: documented regionally.
Aşgabat
37.9375° N, 58.3800° E
219 m
Asia/Ashgabat
1,030,063
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Turkmenistan
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: April (62 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 11° | 15° | 21° | 28° | 34° | 36° | 34° | 29° | 22° | 16° | 10° |
| Low °C | -2° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 16° | 22° | 25° | 23° | 17° | 10° | 6° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 29 | 36 | 56 | 62 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 31 |
Normals: Ashgabat (0 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ashgabat happened in May and August (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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