Is Gent safe? Belgium travel risk
Is Gent safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gent 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.
Gent 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 Gent: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (36/100) and natural hazards (45/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Belgium travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 51.0536° N, 3.7253° E within Flanders, Gent is situated 49.6 km ESE of Brussels at an altitude of 10 m.
Flanders
51.0536° N, 3.7253° E
10 m
Europe/Brussels
265,086
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Belgium)
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 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gent happened in August (3 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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