Is Cam Ranh safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Cam Ranh safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Cam Ranh scores 46/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Vietnam Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 24 Jun 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Cam Ranh scores 46/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Vietnam (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Cam Ranh: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (47/100) and natural hazards (68/100).
A score of 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 11.9020° N, 109.2207° E in Khánh Hòa, Cam Ranh maintains a regional distance of 1,073.5 km NNW to Hanoi.
Khánh Hòa
11.9020° N, 109.2207° E
15 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
146,771
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Vietnam
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (32 °C avg high); Wettest: November (288 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 26° |
| Low °C | 22° | 22° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 92 | 44 | 82 | 97 | 184 | 183 | 182 | 159 | 283 | 246 | 288 | 212 |
Normals: Nha Trang (38.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Cam Ranh happened in October and November (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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