Is Bad Ischl safe? Austria travel risk
Is Bad Ischl safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bad Ischl scores 25/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Austria Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 21 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.
Bad Ischl scores 25/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Austria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bad Ischl: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (29/100) and natural hazards (36/100).
A score of 25 is higher than the scores of 15% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 47.7203° N, 13.6333° E in Oberösterreich, Bad Ischl features an altitude of 470 m. The settlement is located 211.0 km ENE from Vienna.
Oberösterreich
47.7203° N, 13.6333° E
470 m
Europe/Vienna
14,133
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Austria
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (23 °C avg high); Wettest: June (141 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 8° | 3° |
| Low °C | -4° | -4° | -0° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 12° | 7° | 1° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 89 | 74 | 87 | 99 | 133 | 141 | 140 | 123 | 93 | 81 | 76 | 92 |
Normals: Gmunden (25.2 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 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bad Ischl happened in May and August (6 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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