Is Adelaide safe? Australia travel risk
Is Adelaide safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Adelaide scores 24/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Australia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Adelaide scores 24/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Australia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Adelaide: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (42/100) and security (23/100).
A score of 24 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Australia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 34.9275° S, 138.6000° E in South Australia, Adelaide features an altitude of 59 m. The settlement is located 958.0 km E from Canberra.
South Australia
34.9275° S, 138.6000° E
59 m
Australia/Adelaide
1,387,290
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Australia)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (28 °C avg high); Wettest: July (70 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 25° | 21° | 17° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 26° |
| Low °C | 18° | 18° | 16° | 14° | 11° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 26 | 18 | 21 | 32 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 65 | 58 | 48 | 34 | 20 |
Normals: Adelaide (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Adelaide happened in August (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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