Is Urganch safe? Uzbekistan travel risk
Is Urganch safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Urganch scores 28/100 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.
Urganch scores 28/100 (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 Urganch: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (29/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Uzbekistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Urganch belongs to Xorazm (Uzbekistan), centered at coordinates 41.5500° N, 60.6333° E (94 m above sea level). Distance to Tashkent is 721.0 km towards the E.
Xorazm
41.5500° N, 60.6333° E
94 m
Asia/Samarkand
145,000
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Uzbekistan)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Uzbekistan travel advice & laws.
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