Is Cửa Lô safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Cửa Lô safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Cửa Lô scores 49/100 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.
Cửa Lô scores 49/100 (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 Cửa Lô: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (79/100) and security (47/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 18.8167° N, 105.7167° E within Nghệ An, Cửa Lô is situated 243.2 km N of Hanoi at an altitude of 8 m.
Nghệ An
18.8167° N, 105.7167° E
8 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
11,884
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Vietnam
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (34 °C avg high); Wettest: September (344 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 21° | 22° | 25° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 24° | 22° |
| Low °C | 16° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 31 | 27 | 35 | 44 | 115 | 113 | 126 | 262 | 344 | 277 | 133 | 59 |
Normals: Vinh (17.5 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 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Cửa Lô happened in August (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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