Is Đà Lạt safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Đà Lạt safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Đà Lạt scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Đà Lạt scores 50/100 (Elevated). 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 Đà Lạt: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (47/100) and natural hazards (73/100).
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 11.9417° N, 108.4383° E within Lâm Đồng, Đà Lạt is situated 1,044.3 km NNW of Hanoi at an altitude of 1483 m.
Lâm Đồng
11.9417° N, 108.4383° E
1483 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
203,710
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Vietnam
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (26 °C avg high); Wettest: September (284 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 22° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° |
| Low °C | 13° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 42 | 29 | 70 | 139 | 243 | 238 | 241 | 255 | 284 | 235 | 173 | 106 |
Normals: Đà Lạt (0 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 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Đà Lạt happened in June, July, August and December (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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