Is Chelak safe? Uzbekistan travel risk
Is Chelak safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chelak scores 29/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Uzbekistan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 26 Jan 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions (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.
Chelak scores 29/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Uzbekistan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Chelak: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (32/100).
A score of 29 is higher than the scores of 26% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Uzbekistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 39.9203° N, 66.8611° E within Samarqand, Chelak is situated 256.1 km NE of Tashkent at an altitude of 607 m.
Samarqand
39.9203° N, 66.8611° E
607 m
Asia/Samarkand
20,800
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Uzbekistan
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (34 °C avg high); Wettest: March (106 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 26° | 32° | 34° | 32° | 27° | 20° | 14° | 8° |
| Low °C | -5° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 17° | 12° | 6° | 1° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 60 | 69 | 106 | 105 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 54 | 57 |
Normals: Samarkand (31.1 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Chelak happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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