Is Berchem safe? Belgium travel risk
Is Berchem safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Berchem scores 33/100 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.
Berchem scores 33/100 (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 Berchem: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (36/100) and natural hazards (48/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 51.2000° N, 4.4167° E in Flanders, Berchem features an altitude of 12 m. The settlement is located 39.5 km S from Brussels.
Flanders
51.2000° N, 4.4167° E
12 m
Europe/Brussels
43,180
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Belgium
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (22 °C avg high); Wettest: July (76 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 3° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 9° | 4° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 72 | 54 | 65 | 56 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 59 | 59 | 65 | 69 | 59 |
Normals: Brussels (39.5 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 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Berchem happened in August (5 of 14 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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