Is Pleiku safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Pleiku safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Pleiku scores 48/100 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.
Pleiku scores 48/100 (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 Pleiku: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (78/100) and security (47/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Gia Lai at 13.9833° N, 108.0000° E (elevation 760 m), Pleiku lies 812.8 km NNW of Hanoi. Time zone: Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh.
Gia Lai
13.9833° N, 108.0000° E
760 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
146,073
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Vietnam)
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 | — |
| Wildfires | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Pleiku happened in January, February and March (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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