Is Balen safe? Belgium travel risk
Is Balen safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Balen scores 35/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Belgium Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 23 Jul 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.
Balen scores 35/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Belgium (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Balen: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (36/100) and natural hazards (49/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Belgium travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 51.1708° N, 5.1697° E in Flanders, Balen features an altitude of 34 m. The settlement is located 67.6 km WSW from Brussels.
Flanders
51.1708° N, 5.1697° E
34 m
Europe/Brussels
22,813
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Belgium
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (23 °C avg high); Wettest: June (78 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Low °C | 1° | 0° | 3° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 9° | 4° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 57 | 67 | 57 | 72 | 78 | 75 | 61 | 57 | 69 | 70 | 63 |
Normals: Bree (30 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 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Balen happened in May, July, August and September (12 of 14 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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