Is Sho‘rchi safe? Uzbekistan travel risk
Is Sho‘rchi safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sho‘rchi scores 30/100 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.
Sho‘rchi scores 30/100 (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 Sho‘rchi: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (36/100).
A score of 30 is higher than the scores of 32% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Uzbekistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 38.0111° N, 67.7875° E in Surxondaryo, Sho‘rchi maintains a regional distance of 388.5 km NNE to Tashkent.
Surxondaryo
38.0111° N, 67.7875° E
450 m
Asia/Samarkand
25,000
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Uzbekistan
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Sho‘rchi happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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