Travel Risk Atlas

Nepal

Southern Asia · Capital Kathmandu

Each opens that government's own advisory for Nepal — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

38.8 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 134th safest of 220
aerial photography of mountain range covered with snow under white and blue sky at daytime
Photo: Rohit Tandon / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Nepal as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Bagmati — Travel with cautionBheri — Travel with cautionBhojpur — Travel with cautionDhawalagiri — Travel with cautionGandaki — Travel with cautionJanakpur — Travel with cautionKarnali — Travel with cautionLumbini — Travel with cautionMahakali — Travel with cautionMechi — Travel with cautionNarayani — Travel with cautionRapti — Travel with cautionSagarmatha — Travel with cautionSeti — Travel with caution
What governments advise Travel with caution

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Nepal by its Atlas Risk Score — 39, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Nepal is “travel with caution”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryTravel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Health & medical
15% of score
56/100
165th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
54/100
174th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes, flooding
51/100
175th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
41/100
133rd of 220
Crime
15% of score
39/100
116th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
34/100
130th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
20/100
125th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
58/100

Biggest factor here: health & medical. Disease environment plus how good the care is if you need it.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
100
Police 100 · Ambulance 102 · Tourist police 1144
Currency
NPR
Languages
Nepali
Visa (EU passport)
Visa on arrival
US: Visa on arrival · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
29.6m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Kathmandu
Driving
On the left
16.3 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, D, M
220-240V
Safely managed water
16%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+977
GDP per capita
$2k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.2m
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
6.5/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Kathmandu, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around February to May, and October to December.

Daytime high mild warm hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Nepal:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.