Is Queanbeyan safe? Australia travel risk
Is Queanbeyan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Queanbeyan scores 26/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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.
Queanbeyan scores 26/100 (Moderate). 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 Queanbeyan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (41/100) and security (23/100).
A score of 26 is higher than the scores of 17% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Australia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in New South Wales at 35.3533° S, 149.2342° E (elevation 581 m), Queanbeyan lies 11.8 km NW of Canberra. Time zone: Australia/Sydney.
New South Wales
35.3533° S, 149.2342° E
581 m
Australia/Sydney
6,237
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Australia)
Climate by Month
Hottest: January (27 °C avg high); Wettest: September (65 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 27° | 26° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 11° | 10° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 25° |
| Low °C | 14° | 14° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 47 | 47 | 50 | 33 | 45 | 41 | 47 | 51 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 56 |
Normals: Canberra (11.8 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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